A Look at President Barack Obama's First Term

Barack Obama is sworn in as 44th US president by Chief Justice John Roberts beside wife Michelle on January 20, 2009 at the Capitol in Washington, DC.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance at the Commander in Chief Inaugural Ball at the National Building Museum in Washington, Jan. 20, 2009.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak together sitting at a picnic table, on the South Lawn of the White House, May 9, 2009. ( White House/Pete Souza)

Fireworks explode over Olympic Park at the end of the closing ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 23, 2014.

Paint covers the shields of French CRS riot police during clashes with protesters in Nantes, western France, to demonstrate against the construction of a new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, some 30 kilometres (19 miles) away.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom stand during the playing of the national anthem during the Official Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn, March 14, 2012. (White House/Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama looks at the Nobel Peace Prize medal for the first time at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. December 10, 2009. (White House/Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia, right, and Sasha walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for Easter service in Washington Sunday, April 8, 2012.

President Barack Obama gestures as speaks at a campaign event at Cornell College, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mt. Vernon, Iowa.