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 Last Pitches Before the First Vote DES MOINES, Jan. 2 -- The presidential candidates made their final appeals to voters Wednesday in the earliest-starting and most expensive campaign in Iowa history, fanning out across the state in search of a victory and crucial momentum headed into a front-loaded primary season. (By Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post) Obama Has to Hope Cheers Equal Votes (By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post) Criminal Probe on CIA Tapes Opened Case Assigned to Career Prosecutor (By Dan Eggen and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) Au Revoir to the Smoke-Filled French Cafe (By Molly Moore and John Ward Anderson, The Washington Post) Escaped Prisoner Shot, Killed in Pr. George's (By Ruben Castaneda, Rosalind S. Helderman and Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Choosing a Candidate, and More DES MOINES, Jan. 2 -- So far, the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign has little of the tone of past battles, such as the 1984 fight between Walter F. Mondale and Gary Hart, or even Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign to rebrand the party with his New Democrat label. There are no echoes of the 1972 no... (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Criminal Probe on CIA Tapes Opened Case Assigned to Career Prosecutor (By Dan Eggen and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) Last Pitches Before the First Vote Candidates Await Iowa's Judgment (By Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post) U.K. to Help Pakistan Investigate Bhutto Case Legislative Elections Delayed to Feb. 18 (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) California Sues EPA Over Emissions Rules 15 Other States Back Effort to Win Waiver to Allow the Setting of Tougher Standards (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Criminal Probe on CIA Tapes Opened The Justice Department said yesterday that it has opened a formal criminal investigation into the CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes, appointing a career prosecutor to examine whether intelligence officials broke the law by destroying videos of exceptionally harsh questioning of terrorism... (By Dan Eggen and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) Lockheed to Pay $2.5 Million In Racial Discrimination Case (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post) Zoo Chief Says Staff 'Did Heroic Things' Lawyer Alleges Tiger's Victims Were Denied Help (The Washington Post) California Sues EPA Over Emissions Rules 15 Other States Back Effort to Win Waiver to Allow the Setting of Tougher Standards (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) Not Everyone's Moved by the Caucus Spirit Iowa Is Home to Party Faithful And Plenty of Nonbelievers (By Jose Antonio Vargas, The Washington Post) More Nation
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Escaped Prisoner Shot, Killed in Pr. George's The state prisoner who escaped from Laurel Regional Hospital this morning by overpowering four correctional officers and then carjacking a vehicle was fatally shot this afternoon. (By Ruben Castaneda, Rosalind S. Helderman and Nelson Hernandez, The Washington Post) Kaine Seeks To Toughen Abuse Laws Better Treatment Of Victims a Priority (By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post) Attorney For D.C. in Gun Ban Case Fired Counsel Was Set To Defend Law Before High Court (By David Nakamura, The Washington Post) Escape Prompts Hospital Scrutiny Break is 2nd at Laurel Regional (By Nelson Hernandez and Rosalind Helderman, The Washington Post) With Exploratory Panel, Connolly Courts Future Democrat Can Fundraise for House Run (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) More Metro
Rising Prices Put Pressure On Already Ailing Economy In terms of the economic outlook, 2008 is off to a lousy start. (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Discovery Promotes Veteran Hollinger Executive Oversaw '07 Store Closures (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) Color of Money Live (Michelle Singletary, washingtonpost.com) Soon, Roads Could Start Tolling for Carlyle (By Thomas Heath and David Cho, The Washington Post) Standard Intelligence Test (By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post) More Business
Two Pounds of Efficiency The first time I took Asus's Eee PC laptop on a flight, the security screener assumed it was a portable DVD player. (By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post) More Technology
In Portis, Offense Finds 'Check' Mate Before practice one day early this season at Redskins Park, several of Washington's wide receivers poked fun at running back Clinton Portis for his lack of production in the passing game. Portis, considered the Redskins' most animated player, reacted as his teammates expected, making bold... (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Wizards Run Over by the Pistons' Express Pistons 106, Wizards 93 (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) For Hokies, Some Heavy Lifting Virginia Tech to Face Kansas With a Struggling Conference on Its Back (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) Mountaineers Slam Sooners in Fiesta Bowl (By ANDREW BAGNATO, AP) Terrapins Help Restore Identity With Win Maryland 75, Savannah State 48 (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post) More Sports
Drawing Conclusions Outside the Lines PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST By Jonah Lehrer Houghton Mifflin. 242 pp. $24 Jonah Lehrer's smart, elegantly written little book expresses an appealing faith that art and science offer different but complementary views of the world. His main argument, that artists have often intuited essential truth... (By Wendy Smith,, The Washington Post) A Declaration of Spanish Alliance At the Portrait Gallery, Spain's Role in America's 'Age of Independence' (By Stephen Brookes, The Washington Post) Danger: Chimps Animals Need Help, and Need to Remain Wild (The Washington Post) SHOPPER Viva la Vapors (The Washington Post) CAROLYN HAX (By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post) More Style
Live Analysis: Iowa Caucuses Returns Washington Post associate editor Robert G. Kaiser breaks down the returns from the Iowa caucuses as they're announced and examines what they mean for the candidates in the 2008 presidential primaries. (Robert G. Kaiser, washingtonpost.com) Celebritology Live Get the Scoop on the Latest Gossip Making Waves on the Web (Liz Kelly, washingtonpost.com) Apartment Life Live (Sara Gebhardt, washingtonpost.com) The Redskins (Jason La Canfora, washingtonpost.com) Got Plans? (The Going Out Gurus, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Pakistan's Postponement IN A DIFFERENT context, the six-week delay in Pakistan's parliamentary elections announced yesterday could have been helpful. Opposition leaders have been calling on President Pervez Musharraf to respond to last week's assassination of Benazir Bhutto with a genuine effort to restore democracy. That... (The Washington Post) Mr. Mukasey's Move The destruction of CIA interrogation tapes will get the criminal investigation it deserves. (The Washington Post) More Editorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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