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.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Showdown Nears on Stimulus Bill With bipartisan support, the Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus plan that rivals the measure fashioned by President Bush and House leaders, setting up a Senate showdown today that could determine who will receive rebates from the federal government and how... (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)
POLITICS McCain vs. Romney on Iraq SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 30 -- The Iraq war again emerged as a flash point between Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in a debate Wednesday, after McCain accused Romney of supporting timetables for withdrawing U.S. troops from the battlefield. (By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)
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NATION Showdown Nears on Stimulus Bill With bipartisan support, the Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus plan that rivals the measure fashioned by President Bush and House leaders, setting up a Senate showdown today that could determine who will receive rebates from the federal government and how... (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)
WORLD U.S. Commanders in Iraq Favor Pause in Troop Cuts BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 -- Senior U.S. military commanders here say they want to freeze troop reductions starting this summer for at least a month, making it more likely that the next administration will inherit as many troops in Iraq as there were before President Bush announced a "surge" of forces a year... (By Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post)
METRO Job Fair or County Fair? It was early morning when Wayne Latimore boarded the shuttle bus yesterday that would take him to National Harbor and, he hoped, a new start for his stagnant career. (By Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Color of Money Book Club Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosts a discussion with Jeanne Fleming and Leonard Schwarz, the authors of "Isn't It Their Turn to Pick Up the Check?" (Michelle Singletary, washingtonpost.com)
TECHNOLOGY For Peru's Indians, Lawsuit Against Big Oil Reflects a New Era NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB. (By Kelly Hearn, The Washington Post)
SPORTS Redskins, Mariucci Will Talk According the league sources, the Redskins will formally interview former 49ers and Lions coach Steve Mariucci, 52, for their vacant head coaching position, this week. (By Jason La Canfora and Jason Reid, The Washington Post)
Terps Break Out, Hold On Cavaliers' Late Rally in Battle for Postseason Consideration Falls Short: Maryland 85, Virginia 75 (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post)
STYLE Plunging Back in The 'Lost' Maze Eight months without an episode and "Lost" returns with an opening shot of a pile of pears? No, wait, maybe those are potatoes. What does breadfruit look like? Perplexity is such a Pavlovian response to ABC's megahit mystery that even a still life stirs anxiety. (By Tamara Jones, The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS NFL Playoffs Post NFL Editor Cindy Boren takes your questions about the Super Bowl and the latest coaching rumors. (Cindy Boren, washingtonpost.com)
Celebritology Live Get the Scoop on the Latest Gossip Making Waves on the Web (Liz Kelly, washingtonpost.com)
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EDITORIALS Four in the Forefront AONCE-MUDDLED presidential campaign has sorted itself out with surprising speed in recent days. Former North Carolina senator John Edwards dropped out of the Democratic race yesterday, while former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's poor showing in his must-win state of Florida prompted him to ... (The Washington Post)
Back From the Dead? Officials should get cracking to revive Dulles rail. (The Washington Post)
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I've got an ironclad demand from my wife that in the stresses of the campaign I don't succumb.
Questioning the Bush administration's management of the Iraq War, Obama spoke of an enlisted Marine, Corporal Seamus Ahern from East Moline, Illinois, asking, "Are we serving Seamus as well as he is serving us?" He continued: When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never, ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald.
He has responded to and personally participated in online discussions hosted on politically-oriented blog sites.
In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%.
Its enthusiastic reception at the convention and widespread coverage by national media gave him instant celebrity status.
" Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people.
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.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS McCain Beats Romney in Florida ORLANDO, Jan. 29 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona pulled out a hard-fought victory over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in Florida's contentious Republican primary Tuesday, making him the clear front-runner in a two-man presidential race that could be decided as soon as next week. (By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)
POLITICS Energy Dept. Might Drop Support for FutureGen Power Plant Energy Secretary Samuel P. Bodman told lawmakers yesterday that the Bush administration might drop its support for a $1.5 billion coal-fired power plant designed to store greenhouse gases underground, citing mounting cost estimates and other possible technologies. (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
In Background, a Battle for Superdelegates Clinton Ahead Among Party Leaders, but Threat of a Wholesale Shift Remains (By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane, The Washington Post)
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NATION $146 Billion Stimulus Plan Passes House The House overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy yesterday, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal not to slow down the bill with significant changes. (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post)
WORLD Opposition Legislator Slain In Kenya, Sparking Clashes NAIROBI, Jan. 29 -- Just hours after an opposition lawmaker was gunned down in his driveway here, the fury that has swept over this country since last month's disputed presidential election arrived in his middle-class neighborhood. (By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)
METRO Housing Downturn Squeezing Schools The rapid cooling of the Washington area's real estate market has hit school systems with force, abruptly ending years of plenty and compelling superintendents to ask their teachers, bus drivers and custodians to do more with less. (By Nelson Hernandez and Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS U.S. Downturn Effects May Ease Worldwide The spillover effect of the U.S. housing crisis and economic downturn will slow the global economy this year, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. But some observers insist such forecasts could be worse, noting that America's role in the global marketplace is not as dominant as it once... (By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post)
McCain Beats Romney in Florida Giuliani a Distant Third in State He Counted On Winning; Clinton Defeats Obama but Gets No Delegates (By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY The Technologist Newsweek senior editor Steven Levy, whose column now appears weekly in The Washington Post, will be online to discuss the latest buzz in the tech industry. (Steven Levy, washingtonpost.com)
SPORTS Moss Likes the Position He's In Randy Moss's days as a prodigious wide receiver appeared to be behind him when he came to the Patriots, but he has resurrected his career and is again dominant. (By Mark Maske, The Washington Post)
Thomas Lifts Mason With Late-Game Run Conference Nemesis Finally Is Beaten : George Mason 63, Virginia Commonwealth 51 (By Steven Goff, The Washington Post)
STYLE Unscripted Lives NEW YORK Over the course of just a few months last year, Simon Rich went from college graduation to a job writing for "Saturday Night Live." A dream gig, particularly for a 23-year-old self-described "comedy nerd." (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS Dirda on Books Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Dirda takes your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading. (Michael Dirda, washingtonpost.com)
Wizards/NBA (Ivan Carter and Michael Lee, washingtonpost.com)
EDITORIALS A Potemkin Election DMITRI MEDVEDEV, who has been designated by Vladimir Putin to win Russia's presidential election March 2, polled at 80 percent in a recent survey, compared with 1 percent for the only opposition candidate then in the running, former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov. But like the former Soviet regi... (The Washington Post)
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In 1990, The New York Times reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black president in its 104-year history.
In Chapter 6 of the book, titled "Faith," Obama writes that he "was not raised in a religious household.
" In January 2007, Obama spoke at an event organized by Families USA, a health care advocacy group.
Asked to name a "hidden talent," Obama answered: "I'm a pretty good poker player.
" Obama writes: "It was because of these newfound understandings—that religious commitment did not require me to suspend critical thinking, disengage from the battle for economic and social justice, or otherwise retreat from the world that I knew and loved—that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity United Church of Christ one day and be baptized.
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.
But I've got news for them too.
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 served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, launching his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003.
The speech touched off a public debate among rival leaders, some formally challenging Obama's remarks as unfair and improper, others defending his positions.
I've been chewing Nicorette strenuously.
We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
After describing his maternal grandfather's experiences as a World War II veteran and a beneficiary of the New Deal's FHA and G.I. Bill programs, Obama said: No, people don't expect government to solve all their problems.
In August 2004, with less than three months to go before election day, Alan Keyes accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination to replace Ryan.
Speaking to an elderly Jewish audience during his 2004 campaign for U.S. Senate, Obama linked the linguistic roots of his East African first name Barack to the Hebrew word baruch, meaning "blessed.
In the fall of 2002, during an anti-war rally at Chicago's Federal Plaza, Obama said: I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.
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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Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking his presidential campaign to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, Obama said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America.
" Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people.
Obama's fundraising prowess was affirmed again in the second quarter of 2007, when his campaign raised an additional $32.5 million, the most ever raised by a Democratic Presidential candidate in a single quarter.
It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.
In July 2005, Samantha Power, Pulitzer-winning author on human rights and genocide, joined Obama's team.
"Obama has authored two bestselling books.
In it he recalls his childhood in Honolulu and Jakarta, college years in Los Angeles and New York City, and his employment as a community organizer in Chicago in the 1980s.
"I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher.
Obama's fundraising prowess was affirmed again in the second quarter of 2007, when his campaign raised an additional $32.5 million, the most ever raised by a Democratic Presidential candidate in a single quarter.
In early May 2007, the U.S. Secret Service announced that Obama had been placed under their protection.
He served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, launching his campaign for U.S. Senate in 2003.
" In January 2007, Obama spoke at an event organized by Families USA, a health care advocacy group.
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