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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Clinton, Obama take idea of change to Iowa
Houston Chronicle - United States
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned across the eastern part of the state Tuesday -- both hitting on a theme of change -- they illustrated the ...
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Obama downplays campaign donations
Chicago Tribune - United States
PLEASANT, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama almost always talks about the size of the crowds he attracts to his campaign rallies, ...
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On The Obama Roadshow: Keokuk and Mt. Pleasant
Atlantic Online - USA
... to describe as economically "depressed," although there were few signs of malaise around the elementary school where Barack Obama began his Iowa tour. ...
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Sweet Iowa blog special: "Renegade" Obama in Keokuk stays cool ...
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Renagade--that's the Secret Service code name for Barack Obama. And courtesy of the Barack Obama for president campaign, grilled corn in the husks, ...
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On this trip, Obama mingles more than gives speeches
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
July 3, 2007 (KEOKUK, Iowa) - Democrat Barack Obama began his latest visit to Iowa on Tuesday by climbing onto the bed of an old pickup truck, ...
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Dodd, Obama campaign in the area
Ottumwa Courier - IA, U.S.A.
Barack Obama both campaigned in Fairfield. Dodd's visit to Hy-Vee was officially unscheduled. That doesn't mean unplanned. Dodd's campaign quietly spread ...
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