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.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Romney Wins Iowa's GOP Poll
With a convincing victory in the Republican straw poll here Saturday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vaulted himself into the next phase of a presidential nomination battle.
(By Dan Balz and Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post)

U.S. Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq
(By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post)

Armed With Checkbooks and Excuses, First Casualties of Va. Fees Go to Court
(By Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post)

Tight Credit Could Stall Buyout Boom
Crunch Complicates Some Pending Deals
(By David Cho and Thomas Heath, The Washington Post)

For the Starters, a Blank Slate
Redskins' First-Team Offense Shut Out, But Backups Rally to Top Tennessee
(By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Romney Wins Iowa's GOP Poll
With a convincing victory in the Republican straw poll here Saturday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vaulted himself into the next phase of a presidential nomination battle.
(By Dan Balz and Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post)

Back Home, More Frustration
(By Elizabeth Williamson, The Washington Post)

A Series of Fortunate Events
Barack Obama needed more than talent and ambition to rocket from obscure state senator to presidential contender in three years. He needed serious luck.
(By Liza Mundy, The Washington Post)

French Leader's Visit With Bush Signals Warming
(By Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

Campaign Watch
(The Washington Post)

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NATION
How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won
For three days, Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, had haggled with congressional leaders over amendments to a federal surveillance law, but now he was putting his foot down. "This is the issue," said the plain-spoken retired vice admiral and Vietnam veteran, "that makes my blood...
(By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post)

Camera Yields No Images of Utah Miners
Dirt Obscures View; a Sound Signal to the Six Trapped Men Brings No Response
(By Sonya Geis, The Washington Post)

Engineers to Test Flood Defenses In New Orleans
Questions Surround Failure During Katrina
(By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post)

French Leader's Visit With Bush Signals Warming
(By Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

A Public Viewing for A Pioneer of Civil Rights
(The Washington Post)

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WORLD
The Campaign
PARIS -- When little Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family's hotel room in Portugal on May 3, every parent's worst nightmare became Europe's summer-long saga.
(By John Ward Anderson, The Washington Post)

2 Somali Radio Journalists Slain
Station Had Antagonized Both Government and Insurgency
(By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)

U.S. Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq
(By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post)

How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won
(By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post)

Blast Injures U.S.-Allied Sunni Cleric
Hours After Baghdad Attack, Two Officials Killed in South
(By Megan Greenwell, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Counties Envision Cutbacks in State Funding
Hundreds of county officials from across Maryland are convening this week in Ocean City for an annual conference typically remembered as much for its golf tournament, crab feast and late-night outings to watering holes as for its panel discussions.
(By John Wagner, The Washington Post)

A Battle Scene's Full Circle
Torched, Torn, Tattered and Trimmed, Massive Painting of Gettysburg Enjoys Restoration and Return to Prominence
(By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post)

Armed With Checkbooks and Excuses, First Casualties of Va. Fees Go to Court
(By Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post)

Stipends, Training for Teachers Fuel Debate
Some Say 'No Child' Funds Should Be Used In Nation's Poor Schools
(By Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post)

Compact Car Technology Sparks an Interest
Officials Look for Ways to Ease Congestion
(By Kirstin Downey, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Tight Credit Could Stall Buyout Boom
The severe turmoil in the credit markets last week has raised serious questions about the future of the buyout craze that gave rise to the biggest deals in U.S. corporate history.
(By David Cho and Thomas Heath, The Washington Post)

U.S. Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq
(By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post)

Jilted by Association
Investors Flee Financial Stocks as the Mortgage Market Tanks
(By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post)

Live Long and Prosper
(By Martha M. Hamilton, The Washington Post)

Stocks End Higher After Roller-Coaster Week
(The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Who's on the Line? These Days, It Could Be Everyone
In the blink of an eye, you could miss it -- that scene in "The Bourne Supremacy" when Jason Bourne delivers a lightning-quick beat-down to a U.S. consulate official in Naples, then grabs the man's PDA, manipulates its micro-motherboard, and drives off listening to the man on this 21st-century...
(By Lynne Duke, The Washington Post)

Sizing Up Blu-ray and HD DVD
(By Nick Kolakowski, The Washington Post)

For the Future of Farming, Look Up
(The Washington Post)

Fast Forward's Help File
(By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post)

Video on the Web: Kanye's Hillbilly Hymn
(The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
For the Starters, a Blank Slate
A late two-touchdown flurry in the final three minutes Saturday vaults the Redskins to a 14-6 preseason victory over the Titans in Nashville.
(By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post)

'The Unimaginable Went Wrong'
Deaths of Kennedy High Basketball Star And His Brother Leave Community in Shock
(By Preston Williams, The Washington Post)

Woods Patiently Stalks PGA Title
Steady Round Gives Him 3-Stroke Lead
(By Doug Ferguson, The Washington Post)

Storm Rout Mystics After Earning Playoff Spot
Storm 91, Mystics 68
(AP)

Swollen Ankle May Bench Beckham
(The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Week 726: Limerixicon 4
There's a word with "C-L" that is titterous,...
(The Washington Post)

The Reliable Source
(By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post)

Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson's Challenge Has a Name
(By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post)

Who's on the Line? These Days, It Could Be Everyone
(By Lynne Duke, The Washington Post)

LIFE IS SHORT | Autobiography as Haiku
(The Washington Post)

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EDITORIALS
The Refugee Crisis
AS MANY AS 110,000 Iraqis may be targeted as collaborators for helping U.S., coalition or foreign reconstruction efforts. These Iraqis and their families are frequently at risk of kidnapping, murder and persecution. At least 257 translators have already been killed, according to Human Rights First.
(The Washington Post)

Enforcement Only
All that's left of immigration reform
(The Washington Post)

Deleting the Pileup
The District tackles the problem of accumulated e-mail messages on government computers.
(The Washington Post)

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