Barack Obama is Time's Person of the Year

By HLNtv.com Staff

updated 10:11 AM EST, Mon December 24, 2012

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Barack Obama is Time's Person of the Year

President Barack Obama has been named "Time Magazine" Person of the Year.

"Time" says the U.S. is in the middle of big changes and President Obama is the symbol of what they call "a new America."

"The Protester" was Person of the Year in 2011.

Read more: Time's Person of the Year... in action!

President Obama was also on the cover of this anticipated issue of "Time" back in 2008, the year he was first elected to the White House.

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