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 Fed Chief Talks of 'Decisive' Action Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday signaled that the central bank will cut interest rates aggressively to try to prevent a serious economic downturn, using unusually direct and forceful language. (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda (By Peter Baker and Dan Balz, The Washington Post) SE Woman Says Four Daughters Were 'Possessed' Girls Might Have Died in May (By Allison Klein, Keith L. Alexander and Sue Anne Pressley Montes, The Washington Post) Young Feminists Split: Does Gender Matter? (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) Bush Alters Stand on Palestinians Compensation Backed to Address Refugee Issue; President Again Urges Israel to End 'Occupation' (By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their playbooks as it appears that the race may actually be shaped by the economy. (By Peter Baker and Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Young Feminists Split: Does Gender Matter? (By Eli Saslow, The Washington Post) Fed Chief Talks of 'Decisive' Action Addressing Slump, Bernanke Signals Another Rate Cut (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) GOP Congressman Tied To Abramoff Will Retire Californian Is Still Under Investigation (By Susan Schmidt, The Washington Post) Obama Picks Up Kerry's Endorsement New Mexico's Richardson Pulls Out of Race (By Alec MacGillis and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance Scientists in Massachusetts said yesterday that they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of advances that could speed development of stem-cell-based treatments for a variety of diseases. (By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post) Wiretaps Are Cut Over Unpaid Bills (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Iranian Boats May Not Have Made Radio Threat, Pentagon Says (By Robin Wright, The Washington Post) Bush Alters Stand on Palestinians Compensation Backed to Address Refugee Issue; President Again Urges Israel to End 'Occupation' (By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post) Conquered Everest, Advocated for Planet (By Adam Bernstein, The Washington Post) More Nation
Chinese Envoy Denounces Efforts to Link Darfur Concerns, Beijing Olympics BEIJING, Jan. 10 -- China on Thursday rejected any attempts to connect humanitarian concerns about Darfur to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, saying they come from people unwilling to view objectively China's role in that embattled region of Sudan. (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post) Bush Alters Stand on Palestinians Compensation Backed to Address Refugee Issue; President Again Urges Israel to End 'Occupation' (By Michael Abramowitz and Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post) Conquered Everest, Advocated for Planet (By Adam Bernstein, The Washington Post) A Sense of Satisfaction, Then Anguish U.S. Troops on Offensive Pause to Help a Woman in Labor, but Diversion Is Fleeting (By Amit R. Paley, The Washington Post) Chávez: Colombian Rebels Free Two Hostages (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post) More World
SE Woman Says Four Daughters Were 'Possessed' A Southeast Washington woman accused of killing her four daughters told police that they were "possessed by demons" and that they had been dead for at least four months before marshals found their bodies, according to police and charging papers filed yesterday. (By Allison Klein, Keith L. Alexander and Sue Anne Pressley Montes, The Washington Post) Senate Democrats Looking for Revenue Money Sought for Transportation; GOP Lawmakers Oppose Additional Taxes (By Tim Craig and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post) O'Malley Wants DNA Database Expanded Samples Would Be Taken From Those Arrested for, Not Just Convicted of, Crimes (By John Wagner, The Washington Post) Metro Eyes a Makeover High-Tech Design Comes With Operational, Financial Obstacles (By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post) Closing Attraction The Dupont 5 Will Always Have a Tiny Place in Our Heart (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) More Metro
In a Fight to His Finish at Sallie It must be hard being Al Lord. Good times, bad times -- it doesn't matter. For Al, it seems that life is an unending series of battles against those who would unfairly deny him what he rightly deserves. (By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post) Fed Chief Talks of 'Decisive' Action Addressing Slump, Bernanke Signals Another Rate Cut (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Countrywide Shares Soar On Reports Of Talks (By Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Dina ElBoghdady, The Washington Post) Economy Slumps To the Top of the Campaign Agenda (By Peter Baker and Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Hopefuls Clash in Debate as 1st Southern Primary Nears (By Perry Bacon Jr. and Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post) More Business
States Will Get More Time for Secure ID Plan The Bush administration will announce today that states will have more than five additional years to comply with its controversial nationwide Real ID program, the second such delay in a year, people briefed on the plan said yesterday. (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) Cuomo Launches Antitrust Probe of Intel (By Michael Gormley, The Washington Post) Lab Cites Stem Cell Advance Method of Harvest Could Leave Embryos Undamaged (By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post) Privacy, Free Speech and Anonymity on the Internet Part 2 of Discussion (Daniel J. Solove, washingtonpost.com) More Technology
Titans Assistant Is First to Talk With Redskins The Redskins interview longtime Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz for their vacant head coach position, league sources say, the first of what could be many meetings. (By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post) Apparently, There's No R& R in NFL (By Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post) Ovechkin Scores Big Deal Capitals Winger Signs 13-Year, $124 Million Extension (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) Acta, Nats Will Press the Flesh (The Washington Post) Skating Champion Bowman Found Dead (By DENISE PETSKI, AP) More Sports
Closing Attraction Everything's closing. Aren't you sick of everything closing? Aren't you sick of the stories about everything closing? It could be its own full-time beat at the paper now, the wistfully poetic last-call report from doomed roadhouses, dive bars, record stores, drag queen cabarets, indie-rock art... (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) 'Meanest Mom' Sells Son's Car, Family Gets Quite a Ride (By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post) Here's One Less Thing to Do Before You Die: See 'Bucket List' (By John Anderson, The Washington Post) 'Little Mermaid': On Broadway, Just A Fish Out of Water (By Peter Marks, The Washington Post) 'Youth': Coppola's Dizzying Spin On Fleeting Time (By Desson Thomson, The Washington Post) More Style
Ask Gov. Kaine Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine takes your questions about his term in office, his State of the Commonwealth speech and his goals for the upcoming year. (Tim Kaine, washingtonpost.com) The Washington Capitals (Tarik El-Bashir, washingtonpost.com) On TV Reality, Non-Reality and Everything In-Between (Lisa de Moraes, washingtonpost.com) At the Movies With Ann Hornaday (Ann Hornaday, washingtonpost.com) Carolyn Hax Live (Carolyn Hax, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Untangling a Tragedy FOUR GIRLS -- ages 5, 6, 11 and 17 -- are horribly killed, allegedly by their mother. There will never be a good enough answer as to why. But the District government must find out how these children fell through the cracks. Who knew this family was in trouble? Who should have known? (The Washington Post) To Blunt a Recession Fiscal stimulus may eventually be needed, but there are pitfalls. (The Washington Post) Ron Paul's Appeal Assessing a grass-roots phenomenon, and the strange ideology behind it (The Washington Post) More Editorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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