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.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice'
As the American military death toll in Iraq reached 4,000, President Bush conferred yesterday with top U.S. officials in Washington and in Baghdad and vowed in a public statement that the outcome of the war "will merit the sacrifice."
(By Karen DeYoung and Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

Indiana Shapes Up as a State of Parity for Democrats
(By Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

Genetic Testing Gets Personal
Firms Sell Answers On Health, Even Love
(By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)

Beating Traffic By Joining the Network
New System Takes and Shares Data From Cars
(By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post)

More Today's Highlights

POLITICS
Lawmakers Question NIH Handling of Data Loss
Lawmakers questioned yesterday why the National Institutes of Health waited almost a month to warn 2,500 patients enrolled in a federal medical study that some of their unencrypted medical information was in a stolen laptop computer.
(The Washington Post)

Indiana Shapes Up as a State of Parity for Democrats
(By Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post)

Forest Service May Move to Interior
Some See Agency As Out of Place Under the USDA
(By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post)

Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Radio Merger
(By Peter Whoriskey and Kim Hart, The Washington Post)

Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice'
President and Petraeus Discuss Strategy as the U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Rises to 4,000
(By Karen DeYoung and Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

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NATION
Bush Says War's Outcome 'Will Merit the Sacrifice'
As the American military death toll in Iraq reached 4,000, President Bush conferred yesterday with top U.S. officials in Washington and in Baghdad and vowed in a public statement that the outcome of the war "will merit the sacrifice."
(By Karen DeYoung and Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post)

Genetic Testing Gets Personal
Firms Sell Answers On Health, Even Love
(By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)

Detroit Mayor Is Charged With Eight Felonies
(By Peter Slevin, The Washington Post)

Forest Service May Move to Interior
Some See Agency As Out of Place Under the USDA
(By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post)

Passport Backlog Put Data More in Hands of Contractors
(By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post)

More Nation

WORLD
Pakistan Premier Frees Judges
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 24 -- Pakistan's newly elected prime minister ordered the release Monday of top judges who had been under house arrest since last year, a dramatic challenge to the U.S.-backed president, Pervez Musharraf.
(By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post)

Protesters Disrupt Lighting of Torch In Ancient Olympia
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)

The Big Story on the Back Streets
Crew of 'Slum TV' Chronicles Kenya Through Views of Common Folks
(By Stephanie McCrummen, The Washington Post)

In Bhutan, a Historic Trek to the Polls
With First Vote for Parliament, Kingdom Becomes a Democracy
(By Emily Wax, The Washington Post)

Bandit Gains Locals' Loyalty While Long Eluding the Police
(By Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post)

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METRO
To Illegal Immigrants, Md. Feeling Less Friendly
Public anger against illegal immigrants, already entrenched in parts of Northern Virginia, is seeping into Maryland. With legislators facing unprecedented demands to take action, fears of a crackdown are spreading among illegal immigrants in a state that has been more tolerant of them.
(By Pamela Constable and Lisa Rein, The Washington Post)

Maryland Lawgivers Act Under Deadline Pressure
Bill Flurry Includes Hospital Takeover, Emissions Cuts
(By John Wagner and Philip Rucker, The Washington Post)

Pr. George's Firms Get Tiny Piece of Harbor Pie
Local Minority Contracts Make Up Less Than 4%
(By Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post)

Getting to and from Nationals Park
(Eric Weiss, Lena Sun and Robert Thomson, washingtonpost.com)

State Offers Settlement To Families Of Victims
(By Tim Craig, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
J.P. Morgan Chase Raises Bear Stearns Bid
J.P. Morgan Chase agreed to raise its takeover price of troubled investment bank Bear Stearns by fivefold to $10 a share in an effort to appease angry shareholders who had threatened to block the deal. The move prompted a rally on Wall Street.
(By David Cho and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Financial Futures
(Martha M. Hamilton, washingtonpost.com)

Pr. George's Firms Get Tiny Piece of Harbor Pie
Local Minority Contracts Make Up Less Than 4%
(By Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post)

Clinton Unveils Plan to Ease Housing Crisis
(By Anne E. Kornblut and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post)

Radio One to Sell Its L.A. Station
$137.5 Million Deal Would Take Md. Firm Out of Key Market
(By Anita Huslin, The Washington Post)

More Business

TECHNOLOGY
Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Radio Merger
The Justice Department approved the merger of XM and Sirius yesterday, ruling that the union of the nation's two major satellite-radio services does not create an anti-competitive monopoly.
(By Peter Whoriskey and Kim Hart, The Washington Post)

Genetic Testing Gets Personal
Firms Sell Answers On Health, Even Love
(By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)

Beating Traffic By Joining the Network
New System Takes and Shares Data From Cars
(By Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post)

More Technology

SPORTS
With Less, Wizards Achieve More
The Wizards didn't go on an amazing roll or pull off a big trade, but what they have done is hang in there despite adversity that would have sunk many teams.
(By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post)

Last In, Villanova Isn't Out Just Yet
Youthful Wildcats Jell at Right Time
(By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post)

Lawrence Lifts GW To a Win Over Cal
(By Damin Esper, The Washington Post)

Rapid Deployment
As Players Come and Go, the Passion Remains for the Quantico Hooligans
(By Jeff Nelson, The Washington Post)

Dallas's Nowitzki Is Out Indefinitely
(The Washington Post)

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STYLE
The Iraq War, in Hollywood's Theater
After five years of conflict in Iraq, Hollywood seems to have learned a sobering lesson: The only things less popular than the war itself are dramatic films and television shows about the conflict.
(By Paul Farhi, The Washington Post)

The Reliable Source
(By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post)

Panic at the Disco, a Little Too Stuck in the Groovy
(By J. Freedom du Lac, The Washington Post)

'Gutenberg!': A Font of Laughs About Broadway
(By Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post)

'Boys Don't Cry' Director Turns Her Lens on What It Means to Be a Soldier
'Boys Don't Cry' Director Turns Her Lens on What It Means to Be a Soldier
(By John Anderson, The Washington Post)

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LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Freedom Rock
Washington Post music critic J. Freedom du Lac is online every Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET to talk about the latest on the music scene: alternative, country, alt-country, pop, hyphy, harp-rock, reggae, reggaeton, R and B and whatever it is that Britney Spears does.
(J. Freedom du Lac, washingtonpost.com)

Opinion Focus
(Eugene Robinson, washingtonpost.com)

Lean Plate Club
Talk About Nutrition and Health
(Sally Squires, washingtonpost.com)

Getting to and from Nationals Park
(Eric Weiss, Lena Sun and Robert Thomson, washingtonpost.com)

Financial Futures
(Martha M. Hamilton, washingtonpost.com)

More Live Discussions

Test in Taiwan
THE VICTORY of Ma Ying-jeou in Taiwan's presidential election was welcomed in most places outside the country but nowhere more than in Beijing. For eight years, China's Communist leaders have simmered over the sometimes provocative antics of outgoing president Chen Shui-bian, who campaigned for T...
(The Washington Post)

Stonewall Jackson
The HUD secretary gives Congress the silent treatment.
(The Washington Post)

Visas Needed
By keeping out needed high-tech workers, U.S. immigration policy pushes U.S. jobs abroad.
(The Washington Post)

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