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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" Obama writes: "It was because of these newfound understandings—that religious commitment did not require me to suspend critical thinking, disengage from the battle for economic and social justice, or otherwise retreat from the world that I knew and loved—that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity United Church of Christ one day and be baptized.
In a June 2006 podcast, Obama expressed support for telecommunications legislation to protect network neutrality on the Internet, saying: "It is because the Internet is a neutral platform that I can put out this podcast and transmit it over the Internet without having to go through any corporate media middleman.
But I've got news for them too.
Questioning the Bush administration's management of the Iraq War, Obama spoke of an enlisted Marine, Corporal Seamus Ahern from East Moline, Illinois, asking, "Are we serving Seamus as well as he is serving us?" He continued: When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never, ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
Obama left for his third official trip in August 2006, traveling to South Africa and Kenya, and making stops in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Chad.
It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.
" At the Save Darfur rally in April 2006, he called for more assertive action to oppose genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.
I am not opposed to all wars.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother's American middle class family.
His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.
Following Obama's statement, opinion polling organizations added his name to surveyed lists of Democratic candidates.
" During his first two and a half years in the Senate, Obama received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Knox College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Northwestern University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Southern New Hampshire University.
His first bill was the "Higher Education Opportunity through Pell Grant Expansion Act.
US$24.8 million of Obama's first quarter funds can be used in the primaries, the highest of any 2008 presidential candidate.
" Replying to an Associated Press survey of 2008 presidential candidates' personal tastes, he specified "architect" as his alternate career choice and "chili" as his favorite meal to cook.
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.
On December 22, 2006, President Bush signed into law the "Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act," marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.
In early opinion polls leading up to the Democratic primary, Obama trailed multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes.
"A theme of Obama's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and the title of his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope, was inspired by his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
An October 2005 article in the British journal New Statesman listed Obama as one of "10 people who could change the world.
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.
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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.
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Christopher Hitchens Cancels Book Tour
The author is undergoing treatment for esophogeal cancer.
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He is among the Democratic Party's leading candidates for nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Asked to name a "hidden talent," Obama answered: "I'm a pretty good poker player.
He flew his wife and two daughters from Chicago to join him in a visit to his father's birthplace, a village near Kisumu in rural western Kenya.
The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American currently serving in the U.S. Senate.
" Replying to an Associated Press survey of 2008 presidential candidates' personal tastes, he specified "architect" as his alternate career choice and "chili" as his favorite meal to cook.
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States.
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.
" In an October 2006 interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Obama highlighted the diversity of his extended family: "Michelle will tell you that when we get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving, it's like a little mini-United Nations," he said.
" 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.
"The announcement followed months of speculation on whether Obama would run in 2008.
His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.
ABC News 7 (Chicago) reported Obama telling the students that "the U.S. will never recognize winning Hamas candidates unless the group renounces its fundamental mission to eliminate Israel," and that he had conveyed the same message in his meeting with Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
"I've quit periodically over the last several years.
In March 2007, speaking before AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobby, he said that while the U.S. "should take no option, including military action, off the table, sustained and aggressive diplomacy combined with tough sanctions should be our primary means to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.
In 1990, The New York Times reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black president in its 104-year history.
Of his early childhood, Obama writes: "That my father looked nothing like the people around me—that he was black as pitch, my mother white as milk—barely registered in my mind.
But I've got news for them too.
Obama began podcasting from his U.S. Senate web site in late 2005.
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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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" In December 2006, Obama joined Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) at the "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church" organized by church leaders Kay and Rick Warren.
Obama said, "The time has come for universal health care in America Z...Z I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country.
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.
The New York Times described Obama as "the prize catch of the midterm campaign" because of his campaigning for fellow Democratic Party members running for election in the 2006 midterm elections.
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.
It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.
It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.
" The book describes his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage.
In 2000, he made an unsuccessful Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held by four-term incumbent candidate Bobby Rush.
Obama said, "The time has come for universal health care in America Z...Z I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country.
" But in an October 2006 article titled "Obama: Black Like Me," British columnist Gary Younge describes Obama as "a black man who does not scare white people.
Obama took an active role in the Senate's drive for improved border security and immigration reform.
The bill did not progress beyond committee and was never voted on by the Senate.
"The announcement followed months of speculation on whether Obama would run in 2008.
His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs.
