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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Re: Barack Obama, the most popular grassroots candidate evah!
Gee, and imagine that. He got there without any affirmative action. Oh, but didn't he just say that without it (school version?) he wouldn't be where he is now? -- Jean B.
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Re: The US Ranks #37 in Health Care, Just Ahead of Slovenia.
... Moore wants to remove the profit motive from medicine and to eliminate insurance companies. He thinks that the proposals of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards don't go nearly far enough. ... Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois and former Sen. ...
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