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 sees financial lead as launch pad
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Toby Harnden Senator Barack Obama's aides yesterday hailed his record three-month fund-raising total of £15.4 million as a launching pad that they hope ...
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BLOG BITS: Obama's fundraising; The New York Times and Fred Thompson
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Barack Obama announced on Sunday that he had raised $32.5 million for his presidential campaign in the past three months, the biggest quarterly fundraising ...
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FOX Defends Norm Coleman's Pot Smoking By Smearing Obama and Franken
News Hounds - Newport Beach,CA,USA
Christine O'Donnell did an intense spin job for FOX claiming that Coleman's confession showed noble intent unlike Al Franken and Barack Obama. ...
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