the u.s. auto industry recovered. the american economy has expanded and job market has expanded. the mix to find and kill osama bin laden was completed. don t ask, don t tell was repealed. an act to reduce criminal injustice disparities. two women became supreme court justices and one has been nominateded to the post of attorney general. millions of families felt the fear of deportation and separation left. and of course president obama s landmark health care law has allowed more than six million americans to sign up for insurance coverage. love him or hate him, agree or disagree, think it s all too much or still not enough but you can just not argue that this president has taken no action. and now if the final two years of his presidency we come to a different part of his legacy. this president of action began first as a candidate who made a controversial claim about the power of talk.