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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Barack Obama Votes for Internet Police
Online Casino News - Stratford,CT,USA
... (IMEGA) trade organization, American Senator and one of the candidates standing for President, Barack Obama, has voted to police the Internet. ...
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Obama on Helping Communities Hit Hard by Unemployement
Campaigns & Elections (press release) - USA
CHICAGO, IL - At a town hall meeting attended by workers from a nearby Maytag facility that is scheduled to close this year, US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) ...
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Barack Obama moves to quash backlash from anti-India memo
Earthtimes.org - USA
Washington - US Senator Barack Obama, one of the top two Democratic presidential candidates for the November 2008 elections, moved quickly this week to ...
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Obama's wife to campaign in Sioux City
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic Party presidential Barack Obama, will be in Sioux City Friday to attend a house party. Michelle Obama will attend the ...
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Obama appearing today and tomorrow in northeast Ohio
13abc.com - Toledo,OH,USA
June 19, 2007 - YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama returns to Ohio for a couple of fund-raisers today and tomorrow. ...
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How to Save Obama
National Review Online - New York,NY,USA
We asked Barack Obama for help. It wasn't so much the money as the people he brought in. We had people who hadn't voted in years came to see him. ...
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Barack Obama: NOT The Candidate His Supporters Believe Him To Be
Blogger News Network - USA
And the left hates it! So who does the left turn to to lead their charge? Barack Obama. Obama is the left's "great white hope," except he's black. ...
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Barack Obama takes over the take back America conference
Columbus Free Press - Columbus,OH,USA
by David Swanson Obama got a packed house and huge applause before saying anything about what he would do as president. For a while it was all about the ...
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