Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na February 10, 2007, Obama kwupụtara na ya ga-azọ ọkwa onyeisiala United States n'ihu ụlọ Old State Capitol dị na Springfield, Illinois. A na-ele nhọrọ nke ebe a ga-eme mkpọsa ahụ anya dị ka ihe atụ n'ihi na ọ bụkwa ebe ahụ ka Abraham Lincoln kwupụtara okwu ya mere ihe akụkọ
Okwu "Ụlọ E Kewara Ekewa" na 1858. Obama kwusiri okwu ike banyere ịkwụsị agha Iraq ngwa ngwa, ịbawanye nnwere onwe ike, na imezigharị usoro nlekọta ahụike, na mkpọsa nke gosipụtara isiokwu nke olileanya na mgbanwe.