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 sponsored 152 bills and resolutions brought before the 109th Congress in 2005 and 2006, and cosponsored another 427. His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs. Enthusiastic crowds greeted Obama's public appearances. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced. In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald. Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking his presidential campaign to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, Obama said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America. Obama encouraged "others in public life to do the same" to show "there is no shame in going for an HIV test. He then returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents while attending Punahou School from 5th grade until his graduation in 1979. I can say what I want without censorship or without having to pay a special charge. But I've got news for them too. I've got an ironclad demand from my wife that in the stresses of the campaign I don't succumb. President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we got some gay friends in the Red States. In the same week, Zogby International reported that Obama leads all prospective Republican opponents in polling for the 2008 general election. His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs.

However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of child custody divorce records containing sexual allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. Enthusiastic crowds greeted Obama's public appearances. " He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known. He was a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004. "I've quit periodically over the last several years. " Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people. "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.