REPORT CARD OBAMA-BIDEN ADMINISTRATION 2009 - 2017

About the Book

Without campaign promises, one candidate would be no different from his or her opponent except for political party affiliation. Promises peak the American voter’s interest. If a promise sounds good and is consistent with one’s beliefs or expectations, then a vote is assured. John E. Beaulieu considers himself to be a typical, non-political American voter. He has studied 600 of the numerous promises made by then-Senators Barack Obama and Joseph Biden that ensured their initial electoral victory in 2008. The results of that research have been compiled and graded as a report card. The methodology employed is detailed in the preface to this book. Simply stated, a campaign promise was either fulfilled or not.
In this book, you’ll learn:
• The exact wording of Obama-Biden campaign promises, quoted from speeches, interviews and pre-election campaign documents
• When and where campaign promises were made, found via the cited Internet links
• The status of each promise at the end of the Obama-Biden Administration’s second term in the White House.
This objective, fact-based and unbiased report card is for politicians, academics, domestic and international students of the U.S. Government and political science, and any ordinary citizen interested in whether or not President Obama and Vice President Biden fulfilled their campaign promises.

About the Author

Originally from the northern Maine town of Madawaska, John E. Beaulieu completed his initial studies in Quebec City and Montreal, Canada.

Following nearly three years in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam in the early 1970’s, he pursued a military career at NATO’s military headquarters in Belgium followed by tours of duty in the Defense Attaché System in Zaire, Algeria, Niger and Haiti. He retired from the Army in 1989 as a Chief Warrant Officer and recipient of three Defense Superior Service Medals (DSSMs), Bronze Star, Purple Heart and numerous other decorations and honorifics such as Officer and Knight in the National Order of the Republic of Niger.

Mr. Beaulieu then pursued a second career as a Department of the Navy civilian specialized in Foreign Military Sales of the Navy’s E-2C and E-2D Airborne Early Warning aircraft to existing and potential operators on a worldwide basis. He retired from the Civil Service in 2012.

Mr. Beaulieu holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s of Science degree in Business Management.

He is also a formally trained pipe organist and choir director and served as Director of Music at churches in Europe, Africa and most recently in Northern Virginia, leaving that position only to deconflict his schedule due to the demands of his international responsibilities.

Mr. Beaulieu resides in Annandale, Virginia with Wanda, his wife of 48 years. They have one daughter, Michèle Elizabeth Hopper, and four grandchildren.