sentences:  The Sheik met with President Barack Obama both before and after the 2008 Presidential Election.As of November 2008, Abu Risha had a newspaper entitled "Sahwat al-Iraq" (Iraq's Awakening).The Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance, a political coalition led by Abu Risha, was the most successful political coalition in the 2009 Anbar governorate election, winning 8 of 29 seats.