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 working toward a quarter-million donors
Chicago Tribune - United States
by John McCormick Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to rack up contributions from online and other donors, with his campaign saying ...
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Barack Obama Poll Numbers Not Going Up
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
Recent fundraising numbers show good news for Barack Obama but his poll numbers show a completely different story. In Iowa, Obama was averaging 18% in Iowa ...
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Bill Richardson Leads Barack OBama Among Most Likely Iowa Voters
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
John Edwards leads the pack with 31% then Hillary Clinton with 23% and Obama in fourth with 16%. This is one of a long line of very strong poll numbers for ...
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Barack Obama Launches Online Presence on Eons.com, Nation's ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
Barack Obama's presence on Eons.com will leverage the power of social networks and user-generated content to connect with 50-plus Americans in a way that ...
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Barack Obama: Veterans' Affairs Bill Incorporates Obama Proposals ...
All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
June 27, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC - Several initiatives to improve veterans' health care proposed by Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) were today included in ...
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Young Voters Like Obama, Hillary: Poll
NewsMax.com - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
... 18 percent "enthusiastic" about Barack Obama, and 17 percent feeling the same about Hillary Clinton, according to a new CBS/MTV/New York Times poll. ...
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