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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BANGKOK, Sept. 28 -- Soldiers blockaded Buddhist shrines in Burma on Friday and authorities restricted phone and Internet access, as the military leadership appeared at least temporarily to repress the democracy movement that has shaken the country.

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Edward Cody Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

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His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, was published in October 2006, three weeks before the 2006 midterm election.

"Writing about Obama's political image in a March 2007 Washington Post opinion column, Eugene Robinson characterized him as "the personification of both-and," a messenger who rejects "either-or" political choices, and could "move the nation beyond the culture wars" of the 1960s.

I'm opposed to dumb wars. The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president. In July 2005, Samantha Power, Pulitzer-winning author on human rights and genocide, joined Obama's team. His first bill was the "Higher Education Opportunity through Pell Grant Expansion Act. "Lugar-Obama" expands the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.

In early May 2007, the U.S. Secret Service announced that Obama had been placed under their protection.

Through the fall of 2006, Obama had spoken at political events across the country in support of Democratic candidates for the midterm elections. I'm opposed to dumb wars. The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president. " Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people.

It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.