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 Clinton Beats Obama in Texas and Ohio; McCain Clinches Republican Nomination Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won critically important victories in Ohio and Texas last night, defying predictions of an imminent end to her presidential candidacy and extending the remarkable contest for the Democratic nomination to Pennsylvania's April primary and perhaps well into the summer. (By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, The Washington Post) McCain Clinches GOP Presidential Nomination Huckabee Drops Out as Senator Wins Four Primaries (By Michael D. Shear and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post) Cancer Risk Stays After Hormone Therapy (By Rob Stein, The Washington Post) Heated Words in Wake of Colombian Raid Ecuador's Correa Warns of Danger to Region; Uribe to Seek Genocide Charges Against Chávez (By Monte Reel, The Washington Post) Greed In the Name Of Green To Worshipers of Consumption: Spending Won't Save the Earth (By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
OBAMA: In the Weeks to Come, A Costly Battle on Two Fronts With losses in three out of four primaries yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and his campaign face a scenario that a barrage of advertising, phone calls and door-knocking could not avert -- a protracted, two-front war against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the presumptive Republican nominee,... (By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) CLINTON: Energizing Victories, But Difficult Delegate Math (By Peter Baker and Anne E. Kornblut, The Washington Post) Senate Democrats Propose Budget Plan Focuses on Domestic Areas, Cuts Back War Funding (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates Bureau of Prisons Processes 400 Orders (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post) Bush Attends to Foreign Policy Issues President Talks to Medvedev, Pushes Colombian Free-Trade Pact, Discusses Mideast (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Senate Democrats Propose Budget Senate Democrats unveiled a budget plan yesterday that would inject billions of additional dollars into such domestic priorities as education, energy and transportation, while providing $35 billion for a second round of government spending aimed at stimulating a weak economy. (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Government Starts Cutting Sentences Of Crack Inmates Bureau of Prisons Processes 400 Orders (By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post) Bush Attends to Foreign Policy Issues President Talks to Medvedev, Pushes Colombian Free-Trade Pact, Discusses Mideast (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) DHS Tests of Radiation Detectors Were Inconclusive, Report Says (By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post) NATION IN BRIEF (The Washington Post) More Nation
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Va. Mental Health Bills Approved RICHMOND, March 4 -- The Virginia General Assembly voted Tuesday for the first major overhaul of the state's mental health system in three decades, largely in response to the mass shooting at Virginia Tech. (By Sandhya Somashekhar and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post) Park Police Chief Is Relieved of Command (By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post) Beyond Textbooks, D.C. Schools Face a Host of Social Needs Workers Provide Counseling, Clothes (By Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post) Drop in Applications Tests D.C. Area Private Schools (By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post) Council Approves Sick Leave In District Bill Will Mandate Paid Job Absences (By Nikita Stewart, The Washington Post) More Metro
Bernanke Wants Banks To Rework Mortgages Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke yesterday called on mortgage lenders to be more willing to renegotiate with borrowers who are at risk of losing their homes and said that the crush of mortgage foreclosures is likely to continue "for a while longer." (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Pearlstein: Future of UDC (Steven Pearlstein, washingtonpost.com) At Wall Street Journal, Change of Accents Murdoch Brings Managers And Content, but No Overhaul (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) Government Buildings to Get Added Protection (By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post) Drop in Applications Tests D.C. Area Private Schools (By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post) More Business
At Wall Street Journal, Change of Accents Regular readers of the Wall Street Journal will notice something new in Friday's editions -- a sports page that uses content from one of the many businesses owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. But that's just one of the more visible of changes Murdoch has made at the U.S. economy's paper of record... (By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post) DHS Tests of Radiation Detectors Were Inconclusive, Report Says (By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post) Facebook Raids Google for Executive (By Michael Liedtke, The Washington Post) Library Takes 'Talking Books' Digital Products for the Blind Migrate From Cassette to Flash Drive (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) More Technology
After 17 Seasons, Favre to Hang It Up After pondering retirement in each of the last several offseasons but continuing a career sure to land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided that he's had enough. (By Mark Maske, The Washington Post) For Young, Job Fight Least of His Battles First Baseman Trying to Cope With Diabetes (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) Hokies Rout Deacons on Senior Day Virginia Tech 80, Wake Forest 58 (By Adam Kilgore, The Washington Post) Gonzaga Is Early to Rise in Easy Win Eagles Jump Out To a 16-1 Lead, Crush Roosevelt: Gonzaga 78, T. Roosevelt 44 (By Josh Barr, The Washington Post) At His Age, Can It Be a Golden Year? (The Washington Post) More Sports
Greed In the Name Of Green Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy. (By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post) A Warped Lens on D.C. Party Scene (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) In Rural Ohio, It's No Country For Democrats (By Kevin Merida, The Washington Post) Meyerhoff Estate to Become Wing of National Gallery Modern Art Museum Would Open on Md. Property (By Jacqueline Trescott, The Washington Post) True or False: Book Publishers Can Avoid the Agony of Deceit (By Bob Thompson, The Washington Post) More Style
Dirda on Books Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Dirda takes your questions and comments concerning literature, books and the joys of reading. (Michael Dirda, washingtonpost.com) Wizards/NBA (Ivan Carter and Michael Lee, washingtonpost.com) Real Life Politics (Ruth Marcus, washingtonpost.com) Free Range on Food Dish With the Experts (The Food Section, washingtonpost.com) The Reliable Source (Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Allies of Terrorism LAST SATURDAY, Colombia's armed forces struck a bold blow against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a group specializing in drug trafficking, abductions and massacres of civilians that has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States and Europe. Ra¿l Reyes, a top... (The Washington Post) A Check on Name Checks How useful are FBI background reviews for green-card applicants? (The Washington Post) Climate Action in Annapolis The legislature considers aggressive reductions in greenhouse gases. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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