Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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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| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers have... (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) Iraq Probe of U.S. Security Firm Grows Blackwater, Accused of Killing 11 on Sunday, Cited in Earlier Deaths (By Joshua Partlow and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) A Learned Man Searches for Relevance While Languishing in a Chadian Camp (By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post) Blog Comments Become Fodder For Attack Ads New Way to Go Negative Seen in Va. House Race (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Quick Lockdown After College Shooting 2 Delaware State Students From D.C. Hurt in First Such Incident Since Va. Tech Case (By Daniel de Vise and Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Nine-Month Iraq Timetable Is Voted Down by Senate The Senate yesterday rejected a nine-month timetable for bringing most troops home from Iraq, yet another legislative defeat for Democrats in what is shaping up as a losing battle to force President Bush to end the war. (By Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Giuliani's Speech at NRA Doesn't Reassure Skeptics (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) Senate and House Reach Accord on Health Insurance for Children (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) GOP Congressman From Illinois Won't Run in 2008 (By Carla K. Johnson, The Washington Post) U.S. Will Speed Entry Of Refugees From Iraq Officials Say New Measures Will Allow 12,000 to Be Admitted in the Next Year (By Paul Lewis, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says CHICAGO, Sept. 21 -- The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on la... (By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post) Auction to Name Fish Species Nets $2 Million for Conservation (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented U.S. Effort More Extensive Than Previously Known (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) Iraq Probe of U.S. Security Firm Grows Blackwater, Accused of Killing 11 on Sunday, Cited in Earlier Deaths (By Joshua Partlow and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) Neo-Nazi Web Site Probed In Jena Case (By Avis Thomas-Lester, The Washington Post) More Nation
Iraq Probe of U.S. Security Firm Grows BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 -- Iraq's probe into a deadly shooting by Blackwater USA in Baghdad last weekend has expanded to include allegations about the security firm's involvement in six other violent episodes this year that left at least 10 Iraqis dead. (By Joshua Partlow and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post) Musharraf Names New Intelligence Chief (By Kamran Khan and Griff Witte, The Washington Post) A Learned Man Searches for Relevance While Languishing in a Chadian Camp (By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post) Nine-Month Iraq Timetable Is Voted Down by Senate Democrats to Offer Altered Proposal for Consideration Next Week (By Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) GOP Congressman From Illinois Won't Run in 2008 (By Carla K. Johnson, The Washington Post) More World
Blog Comments Become Fodder For Attack Ads RICHMOND, Sept. 21 -- A Republican state legislator from Fairfax County has launched an attack ad on cable TV against his Democratic opponent that features unidentified, unverified quotes from a blog. (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post) U.S. Agency Assails Ft. Meade Plan Impact Report Cites Concerns About Traffic and Environment (By Steve Vogel, The Washington Post) Event on Shooting Ends in Disarray Slain Teen's Sisters Given a Forum (By David Nakamura and Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post) Gang Crimes Have Fallen In Fairfax Officials Praise Prevention Efforts (By Amy Gardner, The Washington Post) Quick Lockdown After College Shooting 2 Delaware State Students From D.C. Hurt in First Such Incident Since Va. Tech Case (By Daniel de Vise and Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post) More Metro
$8 Billion Buyout of D.C. Firm Collapses The $8 billion buyout of audio-equipment maker Harman International Industries collapsed yesterday, the first major private-equity deal to unravel since the current credit turmoil began and a sobering sign for other big takeovers in the works. (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Mattel and China Differ on Apology Interpretation Sets Off Debate (By Renae Merle and Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post) Taking Cues From Fed, Speculators Bid Up Oil (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) Marriott Agrees to Smaller Hotel Convention Center Project to Resume (By Alejandro Lazo and Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post) Obscure Health-Benefit Scheme Is Central Issue in Auto Talks (By Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post) More Business
Blog Comments Become Fodder For Attack Ads RICHMOND, Sept. 21 -- A Republican state legislator from Fairfax County has launched an attack ad on cable TV against his Democratic opponent that features unidentified, unverified quotes from a blog. (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Online CD Seller Fights Suit Record Firm Says Its Promotional Albums Are Not for Resale (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented U.S. Effort More Extensive Than Previously Known (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) More Technology
Redskins Get 'D' In Line Starting Washington Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels could not play Monday in Philadelphia, but he was not without an assignment. Daniels was instructed to study teammate Demetric Evans on every play against the Eagles, offering as robust a critique as possible to the reserve who was filling... (By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post) Phillies' Homers Sink Nationals Starter Hill Rocked For 8 Hits, 6 Runs: Phillies 6, Nationals 3 (By Preston Williams, The Washington Post) NASCAR's Young, Potential Superstars on Fast Track (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post) Getting the Runaround Like West Virginia, Wake Forest Prefers to Stay Grounded (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post) Area Teams Face Off (The Washington Post) More Sports
Free Radicals Nothing in the exhibition "Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution," which opened yesterday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, would let you know that Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta flew out of a window in 1985 and fell to her death (her husband, sculptor Carl Andre, was acquitted of murd... (By Barbara Pollack, The Washington Post) NAMES & FACES (The Washington Post) After the War, A Struggle For Equality Latino WWII Veterans Needed Another Kind of Courage at Home (By David Montgomery, The Washington Post) 'Arsenic' With a Spoonful of Sugar (By Peter Marks, The Washington Post) CAMPAIGN SLOG : 409 Days to Go! (The Washington Post) More Style
Burma Stirs FOR YEARS, jaded diplomats and academics have rebuffed Burma's democracy activists with one question: Why don't the people of Burma rise up? For the past month, they have been doing exactly that, against unimaginable odds and with unimaginable courage. So now a different question arises: Is the w... (The Washington Post) A Defeat for Gay Marriage Maryland's legislature should take up the challenge in a Court of Appeals decision. (The Washington Post) Weak Excuses Senators who opposed D.C. voting rights should hear from their own voters. (The Washington Post) More Editorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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