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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Obama Swipes at Clinton's Experience
Washington Post - United States
By NEDRA PICKLER AP WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama contends that former President Clinton can lead the nation on the first day ...
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Clinton vs. Obama in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - United States
Barack Obama of Illinois set up shop at Fulton's on the River for an event that was expected to raise about $100000. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York was ...
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Savage repeated debunked falsehood that Obama attended madrassa
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a 'madrassa' are not accurate, according to CNN reporting." The Associated Press and ABC News ...
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Hannity again selectively excerpted interview with Obama's pastor ...
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama's church, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, "has a very black-separatist point of view." Hannity played a video clip of an interview with Wright from ...
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Oh-eight (D): Obama utters the 'C' word
MSNBC - USA
"Watching Dodd reinforces something I've written before: Despite the fascination with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the lesser known Democrats are more ...
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Obama accuses religious right of perverting faith
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
DEMOCRAT US presidential candidate Barack Obama has accused some right-wing evangelical leaders of hijacking faith to sow division. ...
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On the first day of the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, in a column published in the Washington Post, Obama called for an end to "any and all practices that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a public servant has become indebted to a lobbyist. " 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. In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald. He has responded to and personally participated in online discussions hosted on politically-oriented blog sites. Former presidential candidate Gary Hart describes the book as Obama's "thesis submission" for the U.S. presidency: "It presents a man of relative youth yet maturity, a wise observer of the human condition, a figure who possesses perseverance and writing skills that have flashes of grandeur. The book's last chapters describe his first visit to Kenya, a journey to connect with his Luo family and heritage. He entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Together with Warren and Brownback, Obama took an HIV test, as he had done in Kenya less than four months earlier. His parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student.

The protection was not in response to any specific threat, but the campaign had received "hate mail, calls and other 'threatening materials'" in the past, and officials felt that the large crowds and increased campaign activity warranted the order. " The book describes his struggles as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage. Obama later added three amendments to S. 2611, the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act," sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). Beginning in 2005, he co-sponsored the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). He married in 1992 and has two daughters. " At the Save Darfur rally in April 2006, he called for more assertive action to oppose genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Enthusiastic crowds greeted Obama's public appearances.

It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List. The family moved to Jakarta in 1967, where Obama attended local schools from ages 6 to 10. S. 2611 passed the Senate in May 2006, but failed to gain majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives.