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.
| | ||
| |
 | Friday, February 08, 2008 |
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Romney Out, McCain Looks Ahead Sen. John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination yesterday when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney abruptly left the race. The senator from Arizona immediately turned his attention to repairing relations with disgruntled conservatives and to opening the general... (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) Clinton Focuses on Matchup vs. McCain (By Bill Turque and Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post) Congress Approves Stimulus Package Payments Added For Disabled Vets And Poor Seniors (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post) Airport Security Technology Stuck In the Pipeline Development, Deployment Move Slowly (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) Shift in Tactics Aims to Revive Struggling Insurgency Al-Qaeda in Iraq Hopes A Softer Approach Will Win Back Anbar Sunnis (By Amit R. Paley, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Romney Out, McCain Looks Ahead Sen. John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination yesterday when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney abruptly left the race. The senator from Arizona immediately turned his attention to repairing relations with disgruntled conservatives and to opening the general... (By Dan Balz, The Washington Post) The Realist in Romney Saw a Path Too Steep (By Michael D. Shear, Chris Cillizza and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) Majority of Hill Stands Against D.C. Gun Ban Members to File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in 2nd Amendment Case Before Justices (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Justice Dept. 'Cannot' Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) Studies Say Clearing Land for Biofuels Will Aid Warming (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATION Tornado Toll Hits 57, But Survivors Found LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Feb. 7 -- All over this small town of tobacco farms and lumber mills, people began yesterday to grieve and pick up the mess left behind after one of the deadliest tornado strikes in state history. (By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post) 62 Indicted in Organized-Crime Roundup in N.Y. (By Keith B. Richburg, The Washington Post) Congress Approves Stimulus Package Payments Added For Disabled Vets And Poor Seniors (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post) Gunman Kills 5 at Mo. Council Meeting Attacker Is Fatally Shot by Police (By Christopher Leonard, The Washington Post) NATION IN BRIEF (The Washington Post) More Nation
Aid Groups Work to Avert Disaster Among Chadians in Cameroon JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 7 -- The United Nations and aid groups raced Thursday to head off mass hunger and an outbreak of disease among tens of thousands of refugees from Chad who have pushed west across the border into Cameroon. (By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post) Monitor Declines Role in Russian Vote European Group Says 'Severe Restrictions' Frustrate Mission (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) Shift in Tactics Aims to Revive Struggling Insurgency Al-Qaeda in Iraq Hopes A Softer Approach Will Win Back Anbar Sunnis (By Amit R. Paley, The Washington Post) Israel to Intensify Strikes If Rocket Fire Continues 6 Gunmen, 1 Civilian Killed in Gaza Raid (By Ellen Knickmeyer, The Washington Post) WHO Unveils Global Effort to Fight Smoking U.N. Organization Says Tobacco Now Causes 10 Percent of World's Adult Deaths (By David Brown, The Washington Post) More World
Tax Office Computer Servers Found by Trash Federal authorities are investigating how two computer servers belonging to a D.C. office at the center of a corruption scandal wound up next to a commercial trash compactor in a Northwest Washington alley. (By Carol D. Leonnig and Dan Keating, The Washington Post) Crews Pick Up Pace to Renovate Metro Station Deadline Nears For Opening Day At Nationals Park (By Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post) Clinton Focuses on Matchup vs. McCain (By Bill Turque and Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post) Amtrak Locomotive Hits MARC Train, Injuring 7 (The Washington Post) Some Parents Challenge Enrollment Projections Boundary Alterations Could Force Students to Change Schools (By Michael Alison Chandler, The Washington Post) More Metro
Congress Approves Stimulus Package Congress gave overwhelming final approval last night to legislation that would send government payments to most American households and grant tax incentives for business investment, sending President Bush a $152 billion stimulus plan for the faltering U.S. economy. (By Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post) Merck to Pay $650 Million In Medicaid Settlement (By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Dependent on a Dirty Fuel German Coal Mines Thrive Despite Push for Cleaner Energy (By Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post) Post Co. Names Weymouth Media Chief and Publisher (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) The Realist in Romney Saw a Path Too Steep (By Michael D. Shear, Chris Cillizza and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) More Business
Airport Security Technology Stuck In the Pipeline In the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, government officials and industry leaders talked excitedly about how they expected technology to plug many of the gaps in airport security. (By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) Studies Say Clearing Land for Biofuels Will Aid Warming (By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Security Fix Live (Brian Krebs, washingtonpost.com) Post Co. Names Weymouth Media Chief and Publisher (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) Airlines Win Delay In Plan for Congestion Carriers Protest Proposed Costs (The Washington Post) More Technology
Spagnuolo Will Stay Put Steve Spagnuolo has chosen to remain with the New York Giants and is no longer a candidate for the Redskins' head coaching position. (By Jason La Canfora, The Washington Post) Shaq Welcomes Wake-Up Call (By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post) Cavaliers Hit New Low With 31-Point Loss (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) Long-Distance Dedication Washington-Lee Coach Commutes From Denver to Arlington for Her Basketball Team (By Preston Williams, The Washington Post) Clemens and McNamee Have Their Say on the Hill (By Dave Sheinin and Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) More Sports
Perfecting His Pitch Raheem DeVaughn is excited -- and with good reason. The singer's second album, "Love Behind the Melody," released Jan. 15, has climbed atop the charts. Its lead single, "Woman," has earned him a Grammy nomination. And by all accounts, the underdog status he has enjoyed -- or not enjoyed -- for most... (By Sarah Godfrey, The Washington Post) The Rehab Report, Cont'd (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Did Mormons Get A Bounce From Mitt? (By Libby Copeland, The Washington Post) Remember the Way Things Used to Be? Strike That (By Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post) Paris Hilton, Acting Like Herself Again In 'The Hottie' (By Desson Thomson, The Washington Post) More Style
College Basketball Eric Prisbell and Marc Carig cover college sports for The Washington Post and will take your questions about college basketball. (Eric Prisbell and Marc Carig, 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 John Anderson (John Anderson, washingtonpost.com) Carolyn Hax Live (Carolyn Hax, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
A President Who Tortured "We do not torture." -- President Bush, Nov. 7, 2005 " Waterboarding has been used on only three detainees. . . . We used it against these three high-value detainees because of the circumstances of the time." -- CIA Director Michael V. Hayden, Feb. 5, 2008 THE ADMISSION this week by CIA Dire... (The Washington Post) Clinton Records Watch Presidential papers can't be released at the snap of a finger. (The Washington Post) What's the Point? President Bush tries to revive a ban on needle-exchange programs in the District. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | ||||
| TODAY'S ... Comics | Crosswords | Sudoku | Horoscopes | Movie Showtimes | Most E-mailed Articles | Tom Toles Editorial Cartoons and Sketches | Traffic | TV Listings | Weather | | |||
| ||||
| E-Mail Newsletter Services • To sign up for additional newsletters or get help, visit the E-mail Preferences Page. Unsubscribe | Feedback | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | ||||
| © 2008 The Washington Post Company Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive |
| |
| |
| |
0 comments:
Post a Comment