Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas). Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.
Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. Since announcing his candidacy in February 2007, Obama has emphasized ending the Iraq War and implementing universal health care as campaign themes.
As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, Obama co-sponsored the enactment of conventional weapons control and transparency legislation, and made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D. studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident when the younger Obama was twenty-one years old.
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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Democrats Push Toward Middle On Iraq Policy Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to shift course and pursue modest bipartisan measures to alter U.S. military strategy in Iraq, hoping to use incremental changes instead of aggressive legislation to break the grip Republicans have held over the direction of war policy. (By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) ANALYSIS: Petraeus Returns to War That Is Now His Own (By Peter Baker and Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post) New Zeal in Organ Procurement Raises Fears Donation Groups Say They Walk a Fine Line, but Critics See Potential for Abuses (By Rob Stein, The Washington Post) Former Va. Gov. Warner Set to Seek Senate Seat (By Tim Craig and Amy Gardner, The Washington Post) For War's Wounded, Space to Heal At New Walter Reed Center, Amputees Try to Readjust to Life in or Out of Battle (By Steve Vogel, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Democrats Push Toward Middle On Iraq Policy Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to shift course and pursue modest bipartisan measures to alter U.S. military strategy in Iraq, hoping to use incremental changes instead of aggressive legislation to break the grip Republicans have held over the direction of war policy. (By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Former Va. Gov. Warner Set to Seek Senate Seat (By Tim Craig and Amy Gardner, The Washington Post) Reid Says Senators Would Block Olson Choice for Attorney General Awaited (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Clinton May Revisit Donors Whose Funds Were Returned (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) ANALYSIS: Petraeus Returns to War That Is Now His Own (By Peter Baker and Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION New Zeal in Organ Procurement Raises Fears After a long fight with a degenerative disease, Ruben Navarro appeared close to death. So the hospital caring for him alerted the local transplant network, which rushed a team to the medical center to try to salvage the 25-year-old's organs. (By Rob Stein, The Washington Post) In W.Va., Police Hold Six In Case of Alleged Torture Victim, Who Is Black, Remains in Stable Condition in Hospital (By Paul Lewis, The Washington Post) For War's Wounded, Space to Heal At New Walter Reed Center, Amputees Try to Readjust to Life in or Out of Battle (By Steve Vogel, The Washington Post) Clinton May Revisit Donors Whose Funds Were Returned (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) Climate Link To Neanderthal Demise Abates (By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post) More Nation
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Eurobasket Championships Tim Warren joins us from the Eurobasket 2007 Championships in Spain to take your questions about the top European players and why he prefers international basketball to the NBA. (Tim Warren, washingtonpost.com) Celebritology Live Get the Scoop on the Latest Gossip Making Waves on the Web (Liz Kelly, washingtonpost.com) Got Plans? (The Going Out Gurus, washingtonpost.com) National Security and Intelligence (Dana Priest, washingtonpost.com) Color of Money Live (Michelle Singletary, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
The Ambassador's Message RYAN C. CROCKER, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, deserves credit for frankly and soberly delivering a message this week that neither his audience in Congress nor his superiors in the Bush administration wanted to hear: that a political solution in Iraq will take considerably more time than Washingto... (The Washington Post) A Japanese Retreat? The prime minister's resignation raises questions about Tokyo's commitment to its allies in Afghanistan. (The Washington Post) Taxi Zones Should Go So should the D.C. Taxicab Commission. (The Washington Post) More Editorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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