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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Harold Meyerson Landing the White Whale Obama sets out to reel in his working-class quarry, and, in state after state, it eludes him.
Robert J. Samuelson Start Drilling If we don't start now, our future dependence on foreign oil will grow.
Dana Milbank The Escape Artist The incredible shrinking presidency of George Walker Bush hit a new milestone yesterday: The commander in chief turned to sorcery.
Dan Froomkin's White House Watch Bush's Gas Pain It wasn't just his wistful words about magic wands that made President Bush's talk about lowering gas prices at his press conference yesterday feel particularly unrealistic.
Phillip Carter's Intel Dump Wolfowitz Proves Himself 'Clueless' His claim that the U.S. government didn't know anything about counterinsurgency is simply untrue.
The "Coburn-Obama Transparency Act" provides for a web site, managed by the Office of Management and Budget, listing all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward, and providing breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.
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.
In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%.
Before announcing his presidential candidacy, he began a well-publicized effort to quit smoking.
We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.
Obama traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in August 2005 with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Supporters and critics have likened Obama's popular image to a cultural Rorschach test, a neutral persona on which people can project their personal histories and aspirations.
Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, while still serving as a state legislator.
Obama also met with a group of Palestinian students two weeks before Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
I've been chewing Nicorette strenuously.
They were married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia, born in 1999, and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001.
They were married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia, born in 1999, and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001.
Obama has divested US$180,000 in personal holdings of Sudan-related stock, and he has urged divestment from companies doing business in Iran.
Obama was sworn in as a Senator on January 4, 2005.
Obama received over 52% of the vote in the March 2004 primary, emerging 29% ahead of his nearest Democratic rival.
Questioning the Bush administration's management of the Iraq War, Obama spoke of an enlisted Marine, Corporal Seamus Ahern from East Moline, Illinois, asking, "Are we serving Seamus as well as he is serving us?" He continued: When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never, ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
Obama's candidacy was boosted by an advertising campaign featuring images of the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the late U.S.
Obama has encouraged Democrats to reach out to evangelicals and other religious people, saying, "if we truly hope to speak to people where they’re at—to communicate our hopes and values in a way that’s relevant to their own—we cannot abandon the field of religious discourse.
But in a December 2006 Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "The Man from Nowhere," former Ronald Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan advised Will and other "establishment" commentators to get "down from your tippy toes" and avoid becoming too quickly excited about Obama's still early political career.
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.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars CHARLES CITY, Iowa Erwin Johnson picks up a clump of the dark, rich soil that he has farmed for 35 years, like his father and grandfather before him. In a few months, this flat expanse of northern Iowa will be crowded with corn ready to be trucked to market. (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
POLITICS McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan TAMPA, April 29 -- Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an approach similar to a proposal put forth by President Bush last year. (By Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post)
Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil. (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
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NATION Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming Factory farming takes a big, hidden toll on human health and the environment, is undermining rural America's economic stability and fails to provide the humane treatment of livestock increasingly demanded by American consumers, concludes an independent, 2 1/2 -year analysis that calls for major... (By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post)
Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil. (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
WORLD S. Korean Principles Vs. Hunger in North SEOUL -- This spring on the Korean Peninsula, human rights are on a collision course with hunger. (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post)
METRO Citizenship Lesson From the Top They impressed him with their knowledge of President Bush's Cabinet and ability to give numerous examples illustrating the U.S. system of checks and balances. But it was their tough questions -- "Why can't legal immigrants have the right to vote?" and "If immigrants are so important, why are some... (By Lori Aratani, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Fed Decision on Key Rate Presents Risks Either Way The Federal Reserve will decide today whether to cut interest rates for the seventh time in seven months. For leaders of the central bank, there is no obvious course of action, with big risks no matter what they do. (By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)
Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil. (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post)
An Outbreak of Caring Stung by Complaints, Telecoms Stress Customer Service (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY Sirius and XM Delay Meetings To Wait for Merger Ruling The nation's two satellite radio operators said yesterday that they would delay their shareholder meetings as they await a prolonged regulatory review of their merger plan, which has drawn new criticism from lawmakers and several states. (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)
An Outbreak of Caring Stung by Complaints, Telecoms Stress Customer Service (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)
SPORTS Win One For the Owner Wizards owner Abe Pollin, 84 years old and suffering from a debilitating disease, called the team into his office and provided some inspiring words for Game 5. (By Mike Wise, The Washington Post)
STYLE Traversing the Towers In a Moment of Joy NEW YORK In the bad old, nearly bankrupt days of the mid-'70s, a French guy padded across a steel cable strung between the tippity top of the World Trade Center towers, holding a balancing pole and grinning. Police rushed to the roof of the buildings, but he ignored them, choosing instead to... (By David Segal, The Washington Post)
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Parting With the Pastor We hope the pastor doesn't become a continuing excuse for political ads built on racial fears. (The Washington Post)
Mr. Mugabe's Violence Zimbabwe's president continues to terrorize his opponents while withholding the results of the election he lost. (The Washington Post)
Rescuing 911 Jeremy Miller's death after a problematic EMS response shows that the District still has work to do. (The Washington Post)
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But in a December 2006 Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "The Man from Nowhere," former Ronald Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan advised Will and other "establishment" commentators to get "down from your tippy toes" and avoid becoming too quickly excited about Obama's still early political career.
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.
After the visits, Obama traveled to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.
Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.
As an associate attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Galland from 1993 to 1996, he represented community organizers, discrimination claims, and voting rights cases.
He entered Harvard Law School in 1988.
55 million for candidates he supports and his own 2010 re-election fund.
Speaking to an elderly Jewish audience during his 2004 campaign for U.S. Senate, Obama linked the linguistic roots of his East African first name Barack to the Hebrew word baruch, meaning "blessed.
However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of child custody divorce records containing sexual allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.
In September 2006, he was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, an event traditionally attended by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa caucus.
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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The New York Timesand the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead with, while everyone else fronts, Sen. Barack Obama denouncing Rev. Jeremiah Wright and angrily breaking off relations with his former pastor. Obama said Wright's appearance at the National Press Club on Monday, where he reiterated some of his most controversial views and spoke well of Louis Farrakhan, amounted to "a show of disrespect to me" and "an insult to what we've been trying to do in this campaign." The Los Angeles Timesleads with a look at how rising concerns about the country's economic health is leading politicians to "scramble for a response." So far at least, the proposals being put forward are not new and would do little to help the average consumer. But Washington politicians are doing a good job of pointing fingers at the other side for failing to do anything.
USA Todayleads with news that governments at all levels are increasing the number of workers on their payrolls faster than anytime in the past six years. In the first three months of the year, federal, state, and local governments added 76,800 jobs while private companies got rid of 286,000 workers. Economists say the government can help a tightening economy by increasing jobs, but warn that this strategy can also lead to future financial problems. The Washington Postleads locally but goes across the top with the fourth installment of its "Global Food Crisis" series, which takes a look at how "ethanol plants are swallowing more and more of the nation's corn crop" at a time when food prices are rising around the world. "The price of grain is now directly tied to the price of oil," the president of the Earth Policy Institute said. "We used to have a grain economy and a fuel economy. But now they're beginning to fuse."
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Finally, he spoke for national unity: The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats.
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.
Addressing the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in November 2006, Obama called for a phased withdrawal of troops and an opening of diplomatic dialogue with Iraq's neighbors, Syria and Iran.
His opponent in the general election was expected to be Republican primary winner Jack Ryan.
Together with Warren and Brownback, Obama took an HIV test, as he had done in Kenya less than four months earlier.
We've got it all.
They were married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia, born in 1999, and Natasha ("Sasha"), born in 2001.
" He joined with Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in strengthening restrictions on travel in corporate jets to S.1, the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, which passed the Senate with a 96-2 majority. Obama joined Charles Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections.
As an associate attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Galland from 1993 to 1996, he represented community organizers, discrimination claims, and voting rights cases.
" Film critic David Ehrenstein, writing in a March 2007 Los Angeles Times article, compares the cultural sources of candidate Obama's favorable polling among whites to those of "magical negro" roles played by black actors in Hollywood movies.
He has authored two bestselling books: a memoir of his youth entitled Dreams from My Father, and The Audacity of Hope, a personal commentary on U.S. politics.
He was overwhelmingly reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 and 2002, officially resigning in November 2004, following his election to the U.S. Senate.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother's American middle class family.
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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His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs.
Obama, who defines himself in The Audacity of Hope as "a Democrat, after all," has been criticized for his political actions by self-described progressive commentator David Sirota, and complimented for his "Can't we all just get along?" manner by conservative columnist George Will.
He entered Harvard Law School in 1988.
I am not opposed to all wars.
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.
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.
His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, was published in October 2006, three weeks before the 2006 midterm election.
The Rasmussen polling organization reported in May 2007 that 49% of Americans consider it "somewhat likely" or "very likely" that Obama will be elected.
His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, was published in October 2006, three weeks before the 2006 midterm election.
In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%.
The first such poll, taken in November 2006, ranked Obama in second place with 17% support among Democrats after Sen.
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, April 29, 2008
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 28 -- The Defense Department's former chief prosecutor for terrorism cases appeared Monday at the controversial U.S. detention facility here to argue on behalf of an accused terrorist that the military justice system has been corrupted by politics and inappropriate inf... (By Josh White, The Washington Post)
Tornadoes Batter Southeast Virginia Rampage Injures 200, Flips Cars and Demolishes Homes (By Martin Weil and Anita Kumar, The Washington Post)
POLITICS High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may require voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, opening the way for wider adoption of a measure that Republicans say combats fraud and Democrats say discourages voting among the elderly and the poor. (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
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NATION High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that states may require voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, opening the way for wider adoption of a measure that Republicans say combats fraud and Democrats say discourages voting among the elderly and the poor. (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Emptying the Breadbasket For decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere. Those days are over. (By Dan Morgan, The Washington Post)
WORLD For Chinese, a Shift in Mood, From Hospitable to Hostile BEIJING, April 28 -- At an airport in northeast China, a young security guard recently spotted a foreign airline passenger with shaving cream in his carry-on bag. "No," he said sternly, wagging his finger like a cross schoolteacher. "No, no, no." (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post)
Emptying the Breadbasket For decades, wheat was king on the Great Plains and prices were low everywhere. Those days are over. (By Dan Morgan, The Washington Post)
METRO Supervisors Pass Budget, Draw Criticism From Teachers In affluent Fairfax County, it's never enough. That was the lesson yesterday for the county Board of Supervisors, which approved its annual budget amid criticism -- not for raising taxes but for inadequately funding the public schools. (By Amy Gardner, The Washington Post)
BUSINESS Emptying the Breadbasket At Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. (By Dan Morgan, The Washington Post)
TECHNOLOGY FDA Faulted for Approving Studies of Artificial Blood A new analysis concludes that the Food and Drug Administration approved experiments with artificial blood substitutes even after studies showed that the controversial products posed a clear risk of causing heart attacks and death. (By Rob Stein, The Washington Post)
SPORTS Newest Targets Are in Place for the Redskins Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly and Fred Davis are welcomed to Redskins Park, where they see plenty of opportunity in the West Coast offense that Coach Jim Zorn plans to run. (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post)
STYLE A Son's Own Orbit NEW YORK He had just finished chatting up Charlize Theron, but that wasn't Chris Cuomo's favorite part of "Good Morning America." It was the post-show ritual of schmoozing with audience members and posing for pictures. (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)
The Latest Ingenue To-Do Vanity Fair Portrait Tests Image of Disney Superstar (By Teresa Wiltz, The Washington Post)
LIVE DISCUSSIONS Book World: 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World' Author and environmental leader James Gustave Speth discusses his new book, 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World,' a critique of the current state of the environmental movement. (James Gustave Speth, washingtonpost.com)
Vouching for Vouchers IN MAKING education his top priority, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has been guided by one principle: Children trump politics. It's an idea that Mr. Fenty might want to expound on when he goes to Capitol Hill this week to defend funding for the city's unique school voucher program. Political ideolog... (The Washington Post)
The Audacity of Rev. Wright A tale of a candidate, a pastor and some repugnant remarks (The Washington Post)
Carded at the Polls Indiana's voter ID law is ruled constitutional; it's still a bad solution to a nonproblem. (The Washington Post)
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And they want that choice.
Obama plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team.
However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of child custody divorce records containing sexual allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.
His knowledge about his absent Luo father came mainly through family stories and photographs.
The speech was Obama's introduction to most of America.
The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother's American middle class family.
Obama has divested US$180,000 in personal holdings of Sudan-related stock, and he has urged divestment from companies doing business in Iran.
Following Obama's statement, opinion polling organizations added his name to surveyed lists of Democratic candidates.
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.
