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 says number of...
Boston Globe - United States
LACONIA, NH -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said the "wonderful part" of his fund-raising report was not the record $32.5 million he ...
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Romney Outguns Opponents
Forbes - NY,USA
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is leading the trail with the most online activity. At the same time, Obama's campaign site pulled 647000 ...
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Going back a few years with Obama
Chicago Tribune - United States
Barack Obama's involvement in the Oct. 2, 2002, anti-war rally, organized by me and a number of long-time political activists, at which Obama enunciated his ...
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High Five: Bush finds the injustice in Scooter's case, anyway, and ...
Chicago Tribune - United States
Barack Obama, sets a campaign cash record, pulling in $32.5 million during the past three months, much of it via the Internet. ...
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Obama's Wife Visits the Upstate
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Barack Obama, as US Senator of Illinois, with his wife Michelle, at campaign rally, Chicago, Illinois. By Associated Press The wife of Democratic ...
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