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 Fundraising Suggests Close Race For Party Nomination
Voice of America - USA
By Jim Malone Illinois Senator Barack Obama continues to impress political rivals and experts with his ability to raise money as part of his 2008 campaign ...
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Record number of donors heartens Obama
Pioneer Times-Journal - Pioneer,NM,USA
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, AP Writer 11 minutes ago LACONIA, NH - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Monday resisted the temptation to talk about his whopping $31 ...
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Michelle Obama Pushes For Change
Campaigns & Elections (press release) - USA
By - John Boyanoski The wife of presidential candidate Barack Obama was in the Upstate Monday kicking off the South Carolina chapter of a women's group ...
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Ignoring McCain, Wash. Times editorial cited Obama's "wasted lives ...
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
Barack Obama's [D-IL] February 'wasted lives' remark which the senator said he came to regret, and for which he apologized repeatedly" -- a reference to a ...
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Romney dominates political ads for 2008; Obama has Internet buzz
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Republican rivals Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, and Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, hadn't run any TV ads at all. ...
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