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 Democrats Blaze Trails In February Fundraising Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama continued to rewrite fundraising records this month, with Clinton announcing yesterday that she had rebounded from a disappointing showing in January to raise $35 million in February, by far her biggest one-month total of the campaign. (By Matthew Mosk, The Washington Post) New High In U.S. Prison Numbers Growth Attributed To More Stringent Sentencing Laws (By N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post) Across a Nation, Olympic Fervor Chinese See Games as Global Recognition of Country's Progress (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post) Pleas for Tickets to Papal Mass Inundate Archdiocese (By Jacqueline L. Salmon and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post) Land Value 'Correction' Surprises Homeowners (By Bill Turque, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
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| NATION New High In U.S. Prison Numbers More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly $50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more, according to a report released yesterday. (By N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post) Republicans Block Consideration of Housing Relief Package in Senate (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) USDA Rejects 'Downer' Cow Ban Agriculture Secretary Finds Existing Meat-Processing Rules Adequate (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) City Council Resolution Urges Detroit Mayor to Resign (The Washington Post) FDA Cites Problems at Chinese Plant Making Blood Thinner (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post) More Nation
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Smoker Thrust Into Grown-Up Situation Josh Smoker, the youngest player in the Nationals' camp at 19, gets a feel for what it is like to be a major leaguer while the team gets a feel for one of its better prospects. (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Oden Gets a Vote for Standing Up for His Beliefs (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Huet To Start Tonight For Caps Move Casts Doubt On Kolzig's Future (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) Gist Gets It Done for Terps Senior Scores Career-High 31 Points, Maryland Bolsters Tournament Hopes With Key Road Win : Maryland 74, Wake Forest 70 (By Eric Prisbell, The Washington Post) Modifications Are Made to Disability Program (By Mark Maske, The Washington Post) More Sports
'Chicago 10': Right On Ding-dong, the dumps are done: After a slew of awful late-winter studio releases, the first great film of 2008 has arrived. "Chicago 10," Brett Morgen's bold, ambitious and improbably affecting documentary about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the trial that followed, not only... (By Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post) Chef Robert Irvine, Peppered in Controversy (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Did 'SNL' Go Beyond the Pale With Fauxbama? Lorne Michaels Defends Casting Of Non-Black Man in Sketch (By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post) New York City Ballet, Moving to Its Own Rhythms (By Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post) Leap Day: When There Are Too Few Hours in the Year (By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post) More Style
The Washington Capitals Washington Post staff writer Tarik El-Bashir will be online to take your questions about the Caps and the NHL. (Tarik El-Bashir, washingtonpost.com) On TV Reality, Non-Reality and Everything In-Between (Lisa de Moraes, washingtonpost.com) Books -- 'What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage' (Amy Sutherland, washingtonpost.com) Meet the Comics Pages: Lio (Mark Tatulli, washingtonpost.com) Behind the Screen Hollywood and Indie Offerings (Desson Thomson, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
More Safeguards IN THE COMING days, the Senate will be tasked with salvaging a badly discredited agency: the Consumer Product Safety Commission. After last year's repeated recalls of unsafe toys and consumer panic over just about everything coming out of China (which covers a lot), the House in December unanimou... (The Washington Post) Olympic Speech Athletes should not be muzzled while in Beijing. (The Washington Post) The Shot-and-a-Beer Crowd Virginia lawmakers want to have guns everywhere. (The Washington Post) Leap Day No thanks to Julius Caesar. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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