The US economy has struggled a lot since Obama took office amid one of the worst economic recessions in decades, with a slow job growth and the unemployment rate remaining over 8 per cent.
Earlier, the Democratic Party suffered historic losses in the mid-term polls in November 2010, with the Republicans appearing more determined than ever to promote their conservative agenda and stymie the President's plans.
On the foreign policy front, however, Obama managed to earn crucial points by dispatching a team of commandos to kill al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad, bringing the US war in Iraq to a close and striking a new nuclear arms treaty with then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Married to Michelle and father of two daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama realised the importance of the US ties with India from the very first day of his presidency.
