Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waFebruary 10, 2007, Obama akazivisa kuti akanga achida kuva Mutungamiriri weUnited States pamberi peimba yeOld State Capitol muSpringfield, Illinois. Kusarudzwa kwenzvimbo yokuzivisa kwacho kwaionekwa sokwokufananidzira nemhaka yokuti ndikowo uko Abraham Lincoln akapa hurukuro yake yenhau
"Imba Yakakamurwa" hurukuro muna 1858. Obama akasimbisa nhau dzokupedza nokukurumidza Hondo yeIraq, kuwedzera kuzvimiririra mune zvemagetsi, uye kugadzirisa hurongwa hwokutarisira utano, mumushandirapamwe wairatidza nyaya dzetariro uye kuchinja.