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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... His nose is not an Arab nose. Saddam Hussein didn't have light skin though. I would say his skin was as dark as Barack Obama's. Strangely though, if he was African-Arab he would be "white", but since he's African-American, he is "black". No. If he were an Arab with white skin, he would be white. ...
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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. 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. His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.

The bill did not progress beyond committee and was never voted on by the Senate. Obama's candidacy was boosted by an advertising campaign featuring images of the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the late U.S. If elected, Obama would become the first non-white U.S. president.

Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, Obama grew up in culturally diverse surroundings. In the same week, Zogby International reported that Obama leads all prospective Republican opponents in polling for the 2008 general election. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. After the visits, Obama traveled to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.