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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I've got an ironclad demand from my wife that in the stresses of the campaign I don't succumb.
He received his B.A. degree in 1983, then worked for one year at Business International Corporation.
" At the Save Darfur rally in April 2006, he called for more assertive action to oppose genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.
"I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher.
He is among the Democratic Party's leading candidates for nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we got some gay friends in the Red States.
The speech was Obama's introduction to most of America.
The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president.
In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald.
" He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known.
Obama has encouraged Democrats to reach out to evangelicals and other religious people, saying, "if we truly hope to speak to people where they’re at—to communicate our hopes and values in a way that’s relevant to their own—we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse.
Through the fall of 2006, Obama had spoken at political events across the country in support of Democratic candidates for the midterm elections.
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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Al-Qaida Launches English-Language Magazine
The editors hope that their new magazine, Inspire, will recruit English-speaking Muslims inside of the United States and European countries to carry out terrorist plots.
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Leading Republican Calls for Increase to Retirement Age
In an interview, the House minority leader said increasing the retirement age by five years is one way to fix the looming Social Security crisis.
Read original story in Newsweek | Thursday, July 1, 2010 -
Police Reopen Investigation Into Sexual Assault Charges Against Al Gore
A massage therapist who claims the former vice president made unwanted sexual advances said she called off the 2006 investigation because if she didn't, one friend told her, climate change would destroy the world.
Read original story in Talking Points Memo | Thursday, July 1, 2010 -
Taliban Refuse To Enter NATO Peace Talks
"We are certain that we are winning," the Taliban said in a statement. "Why should we talk if we have the upper hand?"
Read original story in The Daily Telegraph | Thursday, July 1, 2010 -
Apple, AT&T Slapped With Class-Action Lawsuit
The lawsuit claims several breaches of warranty, misrepresentation and fraud in the release of the new iPhone 4, which users have complained drops because of a faulty antenna design.
Read original story in Gizmodo | Thursday, July 1, 2010 -
NBA Teams Battle For LeBron James
For the next seven days, everyone, it seems, will meet with and try to court the basketball prodigy, hoping to lure him to their team.
Read original story in The New York Times | Thursday, July 1, 2010 -
Senate Confirms Petraeus 99-0
One of Gen. David Petraeus' first tasks when he takes over command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be considering whether to revise Gen. Stanley McChrystal's strict rules of engagement.
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Lexus Drivers Complain of Faulty Engines
Toyota is considering another recall. About a quarter-million cars worldwide, the automaker said Thursday, may have faulty engines that stall while the vehicle is moving.
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Bob Bennett: Republicans Have Slogans, Not Ideas
The soon-to-be-former senator expects Republicans to take control of Congress in November, but that doesn't mean they'll have any idea what to do when they get there.
Read original story in Talking Points Memo | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -
Is There a Woman in the Oval Office?
Kathleen Parker says Barack Obama is our first female president. It is not intended as a compliment.
Read original story in The Washington Post | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -
Toronto Police Display "Weapons" Seized in G20 Protest
Police officers spent the week stripping protesters of their bicycle helmets, tennis balls, and bandanas, then collected all the gear (plus some stuff seized from nonprotesters) and presented it to journalists as proof of how dangerous the dissidents are.
Read original story in The Globe and Mail | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 -
Christopher Hitchens Cancels Book Tour
The author is undergoing treatment for esophogeal cancer.
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Obama later added three amendments to S. 2611, the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act," sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA).
The donations came from 104,000 individual donors, with US$6.9 million raised through the Internet from 50,000 of the donors.
Boosted by increased national standing, he went on to win election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with a landslide 70% of the vote in an election year marked by Republican gains.
" He describes his Kenyan father as "raised a Muslim," but a "confirmed atheist" by the time his parents met, and his Indonesian step-father as "a man who saw religion as not particularly useful.
" Speaking in November 2006 to members of Wake Up Wal-Mart, a union-backed campaign group, Obama said: "You gotta pay your workers enough that they can actually not only shop at Wal-Mart, but ultimately send their kids to college and save for retirement.
In Dreams from My Father, he ties his maternal family history to possible Native American ancestors and distant relatives of Jefferson Davis, president of the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War.
He served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, launching his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003.
They know we can do better.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.
Obama, who defines himself in The Audacity of Hope as "a Democrat, after all," has been criticized for his political actions by self-described progressive commentator David Sirota, and complimented for his "Can't we all just get along?" manner by conservative columnist George Will.
"Lugar-Obama" expands the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.
His first bill was the "Higher Education Opportunity through Pell Grant Expansion Act.
Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, while still serving as a state legislator.
In 1990, The New York Times reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black president in its 104-year history.
" He describes his Kenyan father as "raised a Muslim," but a "confirmed atheist" by the time his parents met, and his Indonesian step-father as "a man who saw religion as not particularly useful.
"I've never been a heavy smoker," Obama told the Chicago Tribune.
He entered Harvard Law School in 1988.
Obama sponsored 152 bills and resolutions brought before the 109th Congress in 2005 and 2006, and cosponsored another 427.
Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in Wichita, Kansas).
" Expressing a similar view, New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch wrote: "When black Americans refer to Obama as 'one of us,' I do not know what they are talking about.
Obama spoke out in June 2006 against making recent, temporary estate tax cuts permanent, calling the cuts a "Paris Hilton" tax break for "billionaire heirs and heiresses.
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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SEC Regulators Watched Porn While Economy Tanked
A new report conducted by the SEC's internal watchdog found that many high-level regulators with the group, which is charged with overseeing the financial industry, spent many of their working hours surfing the Internet for porn.
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CDC Calls For Nationwide Anti-Smoking Plan
A tobacco control plan that is uniform from state to state is the best way to cut back on the 400,000 annual tobacco-related deaths in the United States, the CDC said in a new report.
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Newt Gingrich: Tea Party Will Be GOP's "Militant Wing"
At a packed event in Pennsylvania, former Speaker of the House Gingrich (R-GA) said that the Tea Party Movement is a "natural expression of frustration with Republicans and anger at Democrats."
Read original story in The York Dispatch | Friday, April 23, 2010 -
Obama, Dalai Lama Voted Most Popular in Six Country Poll
A new poll of adults in six countries found Barack Obama is the most popular leader in the world, giving him a higher approval rating than he enjoys at home in the United States.
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Rams Choose Bradford Over Suh, McCoy in 2010 NFL Draft
Deciding to go with a quarterback for the draft's first pick, the St. Louis Rams chose Oklahoma's Sam Bradford, leaving defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh for the Detroit Lions.
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Glamour Wins Magazine of the Year Award
New York, National Geographic and The New Yorker all won several awards at this year's National Magazine Awards (Ellies), the industry's most prestigious prize.
Read original story in American Society of Magazine Editors | Friday, April 23, 2010 -
Another Reason to Nap
Researchers found that sleeping after learning something new could help you commit it to memory, especially if you dream about whatever it is you just learned.
Read original story in BBC | Friday, April 23, 2010 -
30 Gunmen Kidnap At Least Six in Mexico
Reports have the gunmen kidnapping individuals from a Holiday Inn and then entering another hotel but, curiously, officials there refused to report any crime to authorities.
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Rescue Efforts Persist After Oil Rig Goes Under
Search teams continue to scour the Gulf of Mexico for the 11 people missing since Tuesday's explosion. A family of one of the missing workers has already filed suit against the rig's parent company, and analysts debate the explosion's environmental consequences.
Read original story in Houston Chronicle | Thursday, April 22, 2010 -
Blagojevich Attempts To Subpoena Obama
In a motion filed on Thursday, lawyers for the former Illinois governor moved to haul Obama into court to testify in Blago's corruption trial.
Read original story in Chicago Sun-Times | Thursday, April 22, 2010 -
Steele Acknowledges Republican "Southern Strategy"
The RNC chairman shot his mouth off once again during a speech on Tuesday by announcing that "for the last 40-plus years we had a 'Southern strategy' that alienated many minority voters."
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Man Arrested for Craigslist "Party Sex" Hoax
A Connecticut man has been released on $75,000 bail after posting a fake ad for group sex on behalf of his next-door neighbor. But that's not even the weirdest part of the story.
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Senator Paul Simon; the support of Simon's daughter; and political endorsements by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.
His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, was published in October 2006, three weeks before the 2006 midterm election.
In the same week, Zogby International reported that Obama leads all prospective Republican opponents in polling for the 2008 general election.
In 1985, Obama moved to Chicago to direct a non-profit project assisting local churches to organize job training programs.
The book's last chapters describe his first visit to Kenya, a journey to connect with his Luo family and heritage.
He hired former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle's ex-chief of staff for the same position, and Karen Kornbluh, an economist who was deputy chief of staff to former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, as his policy adviser.
" He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known.
Asked to name a "hidden talent," Obama answered: "I'm a pretty good poker player.
Obama also met with a group of Palestinian students two weeks before Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
In a public gesture aimed to encourage more Kenyans to undergo voluntary HIV testing, Obama and his wife took HIV tests at a Kenyan clinic.
The speech touched off a public debate among rival leaders, some formally challenging Obama's remarks as unfair and improper, others defending his positions.
"I've never been a heavy smoker," Obama told the Chicago Tribune.
Obama encouraged "others in public life to do the same" to show "there is no shame in going for an HIV test.
Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 from the state's 13th District in the south-side Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park.
But in a December 2006 Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "The Man from Nowhere," former Ronald Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan advised Will and other "establishment" commentators to get "down from your tippy toes" and avoid becoming too quickly excited about Obama's still early political career.
But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all.
" An Italian translation was published in April 2007 with a preface by Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, and a Spanish paperback edition was published in June 2007.
" Reviewing Obama's career in the Illinois Senate, a February 2007 article in the Washington Post noted his work with both Democrats and Republicans in drafting bipartisan legislation on ethics and health care reform.
He was a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
Enthusiastic crowds greeted Obama's public appearances.
You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.
I can say what I want without censorship or without having to pay a special charge.
His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.
