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 Economy, War To Dominate State of Union For years, President Bush and his advisers expressed frustration that the White House received little credit for the nation's strong economic performance because of public discontent about the Iraq war. Today, the president is getting little credit for improved security in Iraq, as the public... (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) Md., Va., D.C. Seek Strength in Numbers After Super Tuesday (By Bill Turque and John Wagner, The Washington Post) Weak Dollar Fuels China's Buying Spree Of U.S. Firms Foreign Cash Ignites Political Concerns (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post) Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky Some Question Effectiveness of $89,000 Purchase to Balance Out Greenhouse Gas Emissions (By David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
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