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 Former Indonesian Dictator Suharto Dies at 86 Suharto, who in 32 years of authoritarian rule of Indonesia turned one of Asia's largest and poorest countries into a fast-growing tiger economy, died today in Jakarta. He was 86. (By Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post) DELAYED: The Soaring Toll Air Travel Woes Cost Passengers Time and Money (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) Region's Builders Rein In Visions With Real Estate Downturn, Projects Scaled Back, Scrapped (By Paul Schwartzman and Alejandro Lazo, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
In Fla., McCain and Romney Argue About Iraq SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 26 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona accused former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney of having once supported a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, sparking an angry demand for an apology from Romney, who called the statement "dishonest." (By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Obama Is Big Winner in S.C. Primary Democratic Race Continues With No Clear Front-Runner (By Dan Balz, Anne E. Kornblut and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) A Margin That Will Be Hard To Marginalize (By Alec MacGillis, The Washington Post) In Illinois, Super Tuesday Will Be Even Bigger (By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) Veto of Wiretap Measure Is Threatened Bush Wants to Add Immunity for Phone Companies (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough. (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) At Florida Polls, Touch Screens and Crossed Fingers (By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post) Veto of Wiretap Measure Is Threatened Bush Wants to Add Immunity for Phone Companies (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Great Lakes' Lower Water Levels Propel a Cascade of Hardships (By Kari Lydersen, The Washington Post) U.S. Spy Satellite Is Falling Earthward (The Washington Post) More Nation
Guam's Young, Steeped in History, Line Up to Enlist BARRIGADA, Guam -- As a recruiter for the Guam Army National Guard, Staff Sgt. Gonzalo Fernandez has oodles of time for golf. In the past two years, he has taken 18 strokes off his handicap. (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post) American Aid Worker Seized in Afghanistan Woman's Driver Also Abducted in Attack (The Washington Post) 27 Die in Clashes In Western Kenya Army Deployed for First Time Since Vote (By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post) Former Indonesian Dictator Suharto Dies (By ANTHONY DEUTSCH, AP) In Fla., McCain and Romney Argue About Iraq (By Michael D. Shear and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) More World
The Dulles Rail Death Knell Regional business and political leaders have looked to a rail connection between the nation's capital and its premier airport as more than a congestion reliever. It was to be an organizing principle around which Northern Virginia would grow. (By Amy Gardner and Michael Laris, The Washington Post) Authorities Cringe as Va. Garage Crumbles (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) Guarding Health, And Independence As Populations Age, Localities Tailor Services to Help The Elderly Stay in Their Homes While Avoiding Falls (By Fredrick Kunkle, The Washington Post) Democratic Nominee 'Picked' at Va. College (By Susan Kinzie, The Washington Post) Revolt Against Computer Services Tax Might Prove Futile (By Annapolis Notebook, The Washington Post) More Metro
Region's Builders Rein In Visions The real estate boom had long since burned a gilded path through Bethesda, Tysons Corner and Arlington. Now it was Springfield's turn, and up stepped a developer with a vision of creating a cosmopolitan oasis out of a disheveled 10-acre patch beneath a highway interchange. (By Paul Schwartzman and Alejandro Lazo, The Washington Post) . . . While the Bargain-Hunting Investors Are Just Getting Started (By Nancy Trejos, The Washington Post) DELAYED: The Soaring Toll Air Travel Woes Cost Passengers Time and Money (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) Heftier Aid at Elite Colleges Draws Praise, Rebukes Less Wealthy Schools Could Be Forced to Shift Grants From the Neediest to Compete, Critics Say (By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post) More Hitting Cost Limit on Health Benefits Consumers Forced To Explore Options (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) More Business
At Florida Polls, Touch Screens and Crossed Fingers MIAMI -- There will be no "hanging chads" this time around in Florida. The punch-card voting that plagued the 2000 presidential election in the state is long gone. (By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post) Fast Forward's Help File (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) Veto of Wiretap Measure Is Threatened Bush Wants to Add Immunity for Phone Companies (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Clearly, Some Are Different A New ID Lets You Skip The Line at the Airport. But Just How Fast Are You? (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) DELAYED: The Soaring Toll Air Travel Woes Cost Passengers Time and Money (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) More Technology
The Coldest Shoulder Gregg Williams morphed from valued employee into dead weight in less than two weeks, and there is no justifying how the situation was handled. (By Mike Wise, The Washington Post) Ewing's Timely Block Denies Mountaineers at the Buzzer Georgetown 58, West Virginia 57 (By Camille Powell, The Washington Post) As Confidence Rises, So Do the Terrapins Win Over Tar Heels 'Opened Up a New Door' (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post) WILLIAMS: After Four Years and Four Interviews, He's 'Released' (By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post) Sharapova Heeds Encouraging Words of a Former Champion (The Washington Post) More Sports
Clearly, Some Are Different Two of Washington's airports -- Dulles and Reagan National -- will soon be part of the federal government's Registered Traveler program, which offers passengers the happy prospect of getting through security lines faster, swifter, better. (Ninety thousand of them and counting have enrolled.) All you... (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) Doc Watson, The Gray Eminence of Bluegrass (By Tim Warren, The Washington Post) The Oscars Fade to Bleak (By Robin Givhan, The Washington Post) "I like to watch them singing with me." Gee, Ain't It Funny . . . Chatting With Willie Nelson (The Washington Post) CAROLYN HAX (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) More Style
Primary Considerations CONTRARY TO most expectations, it's possible that the Feb. 12 presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District will count for something. On Feb. 5 the voters in more than 20 states, including New York and California, might settle the nominations, but they might leave the races as fluid... (The Washington Post) More Editorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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