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.

Former Pr. George's Official Indicted on Criminal Charges

The former Prince George's County homeland security official who shot two unarmed furniture deliverymen, one fatally, at his Accokeek home in January was indicted today on a dozen criminal charges, including second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.

Candace Rondeaux And Ruben Castaneda Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:56:01 EDT

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101076.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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In 2000, he made an unsuccessful Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat held by four-term incumbent candidate Bobby Rush. They were married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia, born in 1999, and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001. While in Israel, Obama met with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom. " Expressing a similar view, New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch wrote: "When black Americans refer to Obama as 'one of us,' I do not know what they are talking about. " At the Save Darfur rally in April 2006, he called for more assertive action to oppose genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. "I've quit periodically over the last several years. Finally, he spoke for national unity: The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. Obama's campaign reported raising US$25.8 million between January 1 and March 31 of 2007.

Obama's fundraising prowess was affirmed again in the second quarter of 2007, when his campaign raised an additional $32.5 million, the most ever raised by a Democratic Presidential candidate in a single quarter.

Obama began podcasting from his U.S. Senate web site in late 2005. In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald.