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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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.
"After graduating from Punahou, Obama studied at Occidental College for two years, then transferred to Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
He is a member of the Senate committees on Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Veterans' Affairs; and the Congressional Black Caucus.
"Obama's rapid rise from Illinois state legislator to U.S.
The protection was not in response to any specific threat, but the campaign had received "hate mail, calls and other 'threatening materials'" in the past, and officials felt that the large crowds and increased campaign activity warranted the order.
In a June 2006 podcast, Obama expressed support for telecommunications legislation to protect network neutrality on the Internet, saying: "It is because the Internet is a neutral platform that I can put out this podcast and transmit it over the Internet without having to go through any corporate media middleman.
In 2003, Obama began his run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Peter Fitzgerald.
His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.
" Entered in fulfillment of a campaign promise, the bill proposed increasing the maximum amount of Pell Grant awards to help students from lower income families pay their college tuitions.
" In an October 2006 interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Obama highlighted the diversity of his extended family: "Michelle will tell you that when we get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving, it's like a little mini-United Nations," he said.
The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president.
The speech was Obama's introduction to most of America.
The Rasmussen polling organization reported in May 2007 that 49% of Americans consider it "somewhat likely" or "very likely" that Obama will be elected.
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.
Monday, March 31, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency. (By Peter Baker and Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post)
A 'Storybook Ending' Homer Gives Nationals a Memorable Close to $611 Million Stadium Opener (By Dave Sheinin and Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post)
POLITICS Obama, McCain Forged Fleeting Alliance A year into his tenure on Capitol Hill, Barack Obama (D-Ill.) approached John McCain on the Senate floor to propose the two work together on a lobbying and ethics reform bill. The four-term Arizona Republican, 25 years Obama's senior, quickly saw a willing apprentice to help shake up the way... (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post)
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NATION States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn NEW YORK -- In Illinois' Cook County, women in poor neighborhoods no longer have access to free mammograms from two mobile vans testing for breast cancer. (By Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post)
WORLD Bush to Meet NATO Allies Divided Over Adding Troops in Afghanistan President Bush heads to Europe today to try to rescue the faltering mission in Afghanistan, and key NATO allies plan to meet his demands for more forces with modest troop increases, though not by as much as U.S. military officers say is needed to put down a stubborn Taliban insurgency. (By Peter Baker and Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post)
Tallies Show Mugabe Vulnerable Unofficial Returns Posted at Polling Stations Give Zimbabweans an Early Picture (By Craig Timberg and Darlington Majonga, The Washington Post)
METRO Real Estate Road Trips Scout Troubled Market A new form of sightseeing is catching on in the Washington suburbs, offering investment advice, free cookies and some eye-opening discoveries among the empty ramblers and forsaken townhouses of the region. (By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Back in the Game R. Donahue Peebles has built a small empire of luxury hotels and estates in Florida, from Miami to Key West. In Las Vegas, he plans to launch construction this year on a $2.5 billion high-rise condominium and hotel complex. Just south of San Francisco, he recently bought 90 acres of oceanfront pr... (By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY New Microphones Are Bringing Crystal-Clear Changes The little black devices, the shape and size of small cellphones, have begun to appear in hundreds of Washington area classrooms. Hanging from the necks of elementary school teachers in Alexandria and kindergarten and first-grade teachers in Prince George's County, they might herald the most sign... (By Jay Mathews, The Washington Post)
SPORTS A 'Storybook Ending' The senses were overwhelmed on a near-perfect Opening Night as the Nats open their season and their sparkling new park with a dramatic victory over the Braves. (By Dave Sheinin and Daniel LeDuc, The Washington Post)
STYLE This Diamond Isn't a Gem The gentle slope of the land on which new Nationals Park sits has one striking architectural consequence: After a visitor passes through the main-entrance gate, the field is laid out below, a sumptuous swath of green as satisfying to something primal in the American soul as a field of gazelles is to... (By Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS NCAA Tournament Post college basketball writers Eric Prisbell, Adam Kilgore and Camille Powell discuss the results of the Sweet 16 and to preview the Final Four. (Eric Prisbell, Adam Kilgore and Camille Powell, washingtonpost.com)
Black Perspectives on America Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Death of Martin Luther King Jr. (Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Lynette Clemetson, washingtonpost.com)
Talk About Travel Trip Tips and Deals (The Flight Crew, washingtonpost.com)
The Chat House Sports News (Michael Wilbon, washingtonpost.com)
Outlook: The Anxiety Industry Medical Companies Have Americans Convinced That Every Pre-Condition Needs a Pill (Shannon Brownlee, washingtonpost.com)
Drop Out, Drop Off A16-YEAR-OLD in Maryland can't vote, buy a beer or join the military. Parental permission is needed to get a driver's license and to marry. Incredibly, though, a 16-year-old needs no permission to drop out of school, a decision of devastating consequence. This is an archaic, even immoral, law tha... (The Washington Post)
Free Colombia A trade pact everyone can love (The Washington Post)
The Vienna Convention The U.S. must ensure that arrested foreigners can contact their consulates. (The Washington Post)
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" During his first two and a half years in the Senate, Obama received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Knox College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Northwestern University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Southern New Hampshire University.
Obama traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in August 2005 with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president.
Through the first two quarters of fundraising, Obama's campaign has received donations from a grand total of about 258,000 contributors, the most of any 2008 candidate.
His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs.
Through three televised debates, Obama and Keyes expressed opposing views on stem cell research, abortion, gun control, school vouchers, and tax cuts.
He is among the Democratic Party's leading candidates for nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996 from the state's 13th District in the south-side Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park.
He entered Harvard Law School in 1988.
Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced.
In it he recalls his childhood in Honolulu and Jakarta, college years in Los Angeles and New York City, and his employment as a community organizer in Chicago in the 1980s.
Lugar and Obama inspected a Nunn-Lugar program-supported nuclear warhead destruction facility at Saratov, in southern European Russia.
Beginning in 2005, he co-sponsored the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
He married in 1992 and has two daughters.
President Bush signs the "Coburn-Obama" Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking his presidential campaign to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, Obama said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America.
His first bill was the "Higher Education Opportunity through Pell Grant Expansion Act.
ABC News 7 (Chicago) reported Obama telling the students that "the U.S. will never recognize winning Hamas candidates unless the group renounces its fundamental mission to eliminate Israel," and that he had conveyed the same message in his meeting with Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
He has responded to and personally participated in online discussions hosted on politically-oriented blog sites.
On the first day of the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, in a column published in the Washington Post, Obama called for an end to "any and all practices that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a public servant has become indebted to a lobbyist.
In a June 2006 podcast, Obama expressed support for telecommunications legislation to protect network neutrality on the Internet, saying: "It is because the Internet is a neutral platform that I can put out this podcast and transmit it over the Internet without having to go through any corporate media middleman.
He used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years, Obama writes, to "push questions of who I was out of my mind.
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.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)
POLITICS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)
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NATION States Maneuver to Avoid Penalties of New Federal ID Program The governors of Maine and South Carolina are working with the Department of Homeland Security to avert a showdown before tomorrow's deadline over a federal demand for new driver's licenses that could leave residents of those states unable to board aircraft, officials said. (By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)
The Big Apple's Little Boom As Fewer Parents Head for the Burbs, Manhattan Is Crawling With Kids (By Robin Shulman, The Washington Post)
WORLD Colombian Troops Kill Farmers, Pass Off Bodies as Rebels' SAN FRANCISCO, Colombia -- All Cruz Elena González saw when the soldiers came past her house was a corpse, wrapped in a tarp and strapped to a mule. A guerrilla killed in combat, soldiers muttered, as they trudged past her meek home in this town in northwestern Colombia. (By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)
METRO Brand-New Venue, Same Old Enthusiasm Every place Alan Poe has worked has had its challenges. At old Griffith Stadium, there were no fixed seats out past center field, so Poe and the other ushers had to set up row upon row of metal folding chairs before each Redskins game. At RFK Stadium, there were so many obstructed-view seats that... (By Marc Fisher, The Washington Post)
Ballet School Turns to Legislature for Help Youth Academy, in Debt After Moving to Silver Spring Facility, Seeks $200,000 From State (By Philip Rucker, The Washington Post)
Putting On the Glitz In National Harbor Hotel, Pr. George's Gets Long-Sought Upscale Development (By Avis Thomas-Lester, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis. (By David Cho, Neil Irwin and Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY Another Firm Joins the Commercial Space Race The race to become the first private company capable of launching paying customers into space got more crowded last week as a small but well-respected California firm announced plans to have a two-seat spacecraft ready within two years. (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post)
SPORTS East Region: Top Seed Tar Heels, Hansbrough Overpower Cardinals Tyler Hansbrough has 28 points and 13 rebounds to help UNC hold off Louisville, 83-73, sending them to the Final Four for the first time since winning the championship in 2005. (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post)
Langhorne Scores, Defense Soars Terps Advance With Dominant Win Over Vandy: Maryland 80, Vanderbilt 66 (By Kathy Orton, The Washington Post)
STYLE The Captain in the Harbor Milt Peterson is sitting in his offices looking down with childlike glee on National Harbor, a new city he is building on the Potomac. (By Paul Richard, The Washington Post)
Don't Stop Campaigning THE GROWING chorus among some Democrats and other interested observers for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) to get out of the race for the Democratic Party's nomination for president is troubling. We're not promoting Ms. Clinton over Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), or either of them over Republican Sen.... (The Washington Post)
Mr. Wynn's Ignoble Exit Don't let the revolving door hit you on the way out. (The Washington Post)
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" In December 2006, Obama joined Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) at the "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church" organized by church leaders Kay and Rick Warren.
During his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign, Obama won the endorsement of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, whose officials cited his "longtime support of gun control measures and his willingness to negotiate compromises," despite his support for some bills the police union had opposed.
He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia.
In a public gesture aimed to encourage more Kenyans to undergo voluntary HIV testing, Obama and his wife took HIV tests at a Kenyan clinic.
" Time magazine's Joe Klein wrote that the book "may be the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician.
Senator Paul Simon; the support of Simon's daughter; and political endorsements by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.
Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced.
Former presidential candidate Gary Hart describes the book as Obama's "thesis submission" for the U.S. presidency: "It presents a man of relative youth yet maturity, a wise observer of the human condition, a figure who possesses perseverance and writing skills that have flashes of grandeur.
In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act, authorizing construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border.
ABC News 7 (Chicago) reported Obama telling the students that "the U.S. will never recognize winning Hamas candidates unless the group renounces its fundamental mission to eliminate Israel," and that he had conveyed the same message in his meeting with Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Obama traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in August 2005 with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama took an active role in the Senate's drive for improved border security and immigration reform.
" He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents, as detached from religion, yet "in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known.
In Dreams from My Father, he ties his maternal family history to possible Native American ancestors and distant relatives of Jefferson Davis, president of the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War.
His parents met while both were attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a foreign student.
Obama said, "The time has come for universal health care in America Z...Z I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country.
"I've never been a heavy smoker," Obama told the Chicago Tribune.
"President Bush signs the "Coburn-Obama" Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
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.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post)
POLITICS Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post)
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NATION Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post)
WORLD 19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army BAGHDAD, March 28 -- The gunfire struck like thunderclaps, building to a steady rhythm. American soldiers in a Stryker armored vehicle fired away from one end of the block. At the other end, two groups of Shiite militiamen pounded back with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. American... (By Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post)
Opponents See End to Mugabe Era Mood in Zimbabwe Is Optimistic for Today's Vote, Despite Prospect of Government Vote-Rigging (By Craig Timberg, The Washington Post)
METRO Code Violations Plague Owner The owner of the Mount Pleasant apartment building recently destroyed by a five-alarm fire charged onto the District's real estate scene in 2001 scouting for opportunities. (By Debbie Cenziper, The Washington Post)
Now Blooming: Digital Models 2 Students Offer Futuristic Alternatives To Traditional Peak Blossom Forecasts (By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Treasury Wants to Reshape Regulation The Treasury Department on Monday will propose a far-reaching overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory structure that would reshape the relationship between Wall Street and Washington and redefine the responsibilities of some of the federal government's most powerful agencies, according to a... (By David Cho, The Washington Post)
Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan At-Risk Owners Could Get Cheaper Loans (By Lori Montgomery and David Cho, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY Lockheed Secures Bid for Military Radio System Lockheed Martin of Bethesda yesterday landed two major contracts worth a total of $1.3 billion, including one to overhaul the military's radio system so that all the service branches can communicate with each other. (By Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post)
SPORTS Five-to-One Ratio Favors Texas Texas closes out the game on a 30-11 run, turning a one-point advantage into a blowout victory over third-seeded Stanford, 82-62. (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post)
Butler Sparks Come-From-Behind Win Wizards Are 2-1 On West Coast Road Trip: Wizards 114, Kings 108 (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post)
STYLE Restless Soul NEW YORK The best-selling gospel artist of the modern era is sitting in a posh suite in one of the poshest hotels in Gotham, the St. Regis. Central Park is six floors below, shifting patterns of light and shadow, sunshine and clouds. Kirk Franklin is wearing designer jeans, a Dolce & Gabbana ... (By Neely Tucker, The Washington Post)
Policing Congress THE STRONGEST ethics rules in the world don't mean much without an effective way to enforce them. That's especially clear when it comes to Congress, whose enforcement process is designed to create gridlock and has too often performed accordingly. This month the House adopted an important change t... (The Washington Post)
Not Quite Free Mr. Gaddafi might seem rehabilitated, but Libya is still a work in progress. (The Washington Post)
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If elected, Obama would become the first non-white U.S. president.
"Obama has authored two bestselling books.
However, Hull's popularity declined following allegations of domestic abuse.
He received his B.A. degree in 1983, then worked for one year at Business International Corporation.
S. 2611 passed the Senate in May 2006, but failed to gain majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Following Obama's statement, opinion polling organizations added his name to surveyed lists of Democratic candidates.
Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, while still serving as a state legislator.
If elected, Obama would become the first non-white U.S. president.
Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator.
"I've never been a heavy smoker," Obama told the Chicago Tribune.
In August 2004, with less than three months to go before election day, Alan Keyes accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination to replace Ryan.
"The announcement followed months of speculation on whether Obama would run in 2008.
After describing his maternal grandfather's experiences as a World War II veteran and a beneficiary of the New Deal's FHA and G.I. Bill programs, Obama said: No, people don't expect government to solve all their problems.
The protection was not in response to any specific threat, but the campaign had received "hate mail, calls and other 'threatening materials'" in the past, and officials felt that the large crowds and increased campaign activity warranted the order.
