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.

Friday, November 09, 2007

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Senate Confirms Mukasey By 53-40
A divided Senate narrowly confirmed former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey last night as the 81st attorney general, giving the nominee the lowest level of congressional support of any Justice Department leader in the past half-century.
(By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)

Student Money Vanishes, but Few Are Punished
Activity Funds Are Often Plundered and Mismanaged by Adults
(By David S. Fallis and April Witt, The Washington Post)

Pakistan Strife Threatens Anti-Insurgent Plan
U.S. Effort Moves Ahead, but Officials Fear Losing Aid and Momentum
(By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post)

Financial Chief Urges Employees to Work To Regain Public Trust
(By Yolanda Woodlee and Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post)

Losses Might Doom GOP-Led Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
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(By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Senate Confirms Mukasey By 53-40
A divided Senate narrowly confirmed former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey last night as the 81st attorney general, giving the nominee the lowest level of congressional support of any Justice Department leader in the past half-century.
(By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)

Fed Chairman Forecasts Slowdown in U.S. Economy
(By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

A Bush Veto Is Overridden for the 1st Time
With Action on Spending Bills, Hill Signals Fight With White House Over Priorities
(By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)

Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor
(By Josh White, The Washington Post)

Lawmakers Criticize FEMA's Handling of Hazards Posed by Trailers
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Lawmakers Criticize FEMA's Handling of Hazards Posed by Trailers
Nearly four months after the Federal Emergency Management Agency promised to study the risk of formaldehyde in trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina survivors, none of 52,000 occupied units have been tested, and FEMA has warned its employees for their own safety to stay out of 70,000 similar tra...
(By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)

Preliminary Hearing For Simpson Opens
(By Karl Vick, The Washington Post)

Student Money Vanishes, but Few Are Punished
Activity Funds Are Often Plundered and Mismanaged by Adults
(By David S. Fallis and April Witt, The Washington Post)

As Yellowstone Bubbles, Experts Are Calm
(By Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post)

Kerik Is Said To Be Indicted On Corruption And Tax Counts
(By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
Pakistan Strife Threatens Anti-Insurgent Plan
The political turmoil in Pakistan is threatening to undermine a new long-term counterinsurgency plan by the U.S. military aimed at strengthening Pakistani forces fighting Islamic extremists in the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials. The officials said the initiative in...
(By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post)

N. Korea Shows Signs of Opening Up, After Decades of Self-Imposed Isolation
(By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post)

Georgia's President Moves Up Election Date
Statement Defuses Week-Long Crisis, Follows Crackdown
(By Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post)

Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor
(By Josh White, The Washington Post)

Keeping Pakistanis in the Dark
Large Swaths of Population Affected by Musharraf's TV News Blackout
(By Emily Wax and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

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METRO
D.C. Tax Scam Total Rises to $20 Million, Officials Say
A massive D.C. public theft case grew overnight from $16 million to $20 million as federal officials tracked down more than a dozen additional phony tax refund checks that they said flowed out of government coffers and into the hands of two D.C. tax employees and their co-conspirators.
(By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

Losses Might Doom GOP-Led Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
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(By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)

Diner's Neon Might Glow Again
Developer Agrees to Dismantle Waffle Shop, Rebuild at New Site
(By Paul Schwartzman, The Washington Post)

$20 Million Buys a Lot
(The Washington Post)

What the Feds Say the Tax Lady Spent at Neiman's: $1.4 million
Designer Goods and Doting Staff Make Spending an Enriching Experience
(By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Fed Chairman Forecasts Slowdown in U.S. Economy
The economy is likely to slow through the first half of 2008, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday, as members of Congress called on him to take aggressive action to prevent a worsening mortgage crisis.
(By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Capital One Stock Suffers
Mortgages May Not Be Its Only Problem
(By Thomas Heath, The Washington Post)

Rising Rupee Casts a Shadow
As India's Currency Strengthens, Exporters Lose Buyers, Lay Off Millions of Workers
(By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)

A Broader View of Home-Field Advantage
(By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post)

D.C. Tax Scam Total Rises to $20 Million, Officials Say
Authorities Now Say Theft by Employees Totaled $20 Million
(By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
ICx Technologies Debuts on Stock Market
ICx Technologies, an Arlington homeland security company with a slate of former government officials serving as board members and top executives, went public yesterday, raising $80 million.
(By Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post)

InPhonic Seeks Bankruptcy Protection During Its Sale
(By Dawn McCarty, The Washington Post)

How a 'Fundraiser' Ate Up Nearly All of a $50,000 Grant
(By April Witt and David S. Fallis, The Washington Post)

Keeping Pakistanis in the Dark
Large Swaths of Population Affected by Musharraf's TV News Blackout
(By Emily Wax and Griff Witte, The Washington Post)

Security Fix Live
(Brian Krebs, washingtonpost.com)

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SPORTS
Nets Block Wizards From First Victory
The Wizards remain winless as Richard Jefferson hits a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left and New Jersey drops Washington, 87-85.
(By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post)

Caps Throw Cold Water On NHL's Hottest Team
Capitals 4, Senators 1
(By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post)

On the Average, An Average Team
(By Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post)

Colonials Have Major Ambition
GW Ranked Among The Nation's Best
(By Marc Carig, The Washington Post)

Injuries Giving Terrapins' Pinegar a Shot
(By Marc Carig, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
A Beautiful Place for an Uphill March
If one of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's missions in its new home is to test audiences' tolerance for the difficult, the first exam turns out to be a doozy.
(By Peter Marks, The Washington Post)

Fight Night, Really Smokin'
(By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post)

The Shopkeeper Whose Sign Was 'Open'
(By Annie Groer, The Washington Post)

'No Country for Old Men' Chases Its Literary Tale
(By Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post)

What the Feds Say the Tax Lady Spent at Neiman's: $1.4 million
Designer Goods and Doting Staff Make Spending an Enriching Experience
(By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post)

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LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Broder on Politics
Washington Post Columnist David S. Broder answers your questions about the world of politics, from the latest maneuverings on Capitol Hill to developments in the White House.
(David S. Broder, washingtonpost.com)

A 'Kite Runner' Conversation
(Khalid Abdalla, washingtonpost.com)

The Washington Capitals
(Tarik El-Bashir, washingtonpost.com)

Carolyn Hax Live
(Carolyn Hax, washingtonpost.com)

Real Estate Live
(Maryann Haggerty and Elizabeth Razzi, washingtonpost.com)

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EDITORIALS
Deal With Colombia
COLOMBIA IS plagued by drug trafficking, guerrilla war and common crime. But violent as it is, Colombia is much less dangerous than it was five years ago. Since President ¿lvaro Uribe's first election in 2002, the murder rate has dropped by half, and kidnappings are down 75 percent. For the first...
(The Washington Post)

A Swindle's Red Flags
D.C.'s chief financial officer rightly calls for an independent inquiry, including of himself.
(The Washington Post)

Play Nice
The Nationals and D.C. officials both have something to learn about wooing fans.
(The Washington Post)

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