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.

Police Say Man Killed Wife, Coach

A Clinton woman and barber who worked near her home were shot and killed Thursday evening in two incidents about 10 minutes apart, and Prince George's County police said they suspect the woman's husband in both slayings.

Clarence Williams Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:14:01 EDT

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080300413.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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I'm opposed to dumb wars. " Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people. I've got an ironclad demand from my wife that in the stresses of the campaign I don't succumb. " Entered in fulfillment of a campaign promise, the bill proposed increasing the maximum amount of Pell Grant awards to help students from lower income families pay their college tuitions. " He joined with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in strengthening restrictions on travel in corporate jets to S.1, the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, which passed the Senate with a 96-2 majority. Obama joined Charles Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections. The family moved to Jakarta in 1967, where Obama attended local schools from ages 6 to 10. Finally, he spoke for national unity: The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother's American middle class family.

Lugar and Obama inspected a Nunn-Lugar program-supported nuclear warhead destruction facility at Saratov, in southern European Russia. I am not opposed to all wars. " He joined with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in strengthening restrictions on travel in corporate jets to S.1, the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, which passed the Senate with a 96-2 majority. Obama joined Charles Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections. He was overwhelmingly reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 and 2002, officially resigning in November 2004, following his election to the U.S. Senate. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. " He completed his J.D. degree magna cum laude in 1991. In the same week, Zogby International reported that Obama leads all prospective Republican opponents in polling for the 2008 general election. Obama left for his third official trip in August 2006, traveling to South Africa and Kenya, and making stops in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Chad. " In December 2006, Obama joined Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) at the "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church" organized by church leaders Kay and Rick Warren. They know we can do better. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. Obama also met with a group of Palestinian students two weeks before Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election. However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of child custody divorce records containing sexual allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.