The unemployment rate when Obama took office in January 2009 was 7.7%; now it is 9.5%.

2009年1月，奥巴马就职时的失业率是7.7%，如今则是9.5%。

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When Obama took office, the climate-change issue had a short-term and a long-term component.

奥巴马就职以后，气候变化问题有长、短两个部分组成。

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When Obama took office two years ago today, Gallup put his incoming job approval at 68 percent, much higher than Reagan's initial rating of 51 percent, a bare majority.

两年前的今天奥巴马就职的时候，盖洛普调查显示他最初的支持率是百分之六十八，比里根当年只有百分之五十一，刚刚过半可高多了。

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All this happened since January, when President Obama took office.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

When President Obama took office in January, there were about Within weeks, he approved a Pentagon request for an additional 21,000 combat and training troops, plus support units.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The president's top political aide says President Obama has had to take unpopular action to deal with an economic crisis far worse than anyone expected when he took office.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

This made full employment 6.1 million jobs more distant than when Obama took office.

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All combined, the costs related to aggregating money, i.e. savings, is much higher today than when Obama took office.

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The auto industry was also in deep trouble when Obama took office.

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