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, Obama Make Last Pitches To Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, April 21 -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama offered Pennsylvania voters their closing arguments on Monday, winding down a nearly two-month campaign in the state that has done little to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest. (By Anne E. Kornblut and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Military Waivers for Ex-Convicts Increase (By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post) Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned U.S. Denies Using Injections for Coercion (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) Caps Bring It Back Home Ovechkin's Two Goals in Third Force Game 7 at Verizon Center (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Clinton, Obama Make Last Pitches To Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, April 21 -- Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama offered Pennsylvania voters their closing arguments on Monday, winding down a nearly two-month campaign in the state that has done little to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest. (By Anne E. Kornblut and Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned U.S. Denies Using Injections for Coercion (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) White House Defends NAFTA as Bush Meets With Heads of Mexico, Canada (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) Former Justice Official Accused of Exchanging Favors With Abramoff (By James V. Grimaldi, The Washington Post) Post-White House, a Pretty Good Deal (By Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Military Waivers for Ex-Convicts Increase The Army admitted about one-fourth more recruits last year with a record of legal problems ranging from felony convictions and serious misdemeanors to drug crimes and traffic offenses, as pressure to increase the size of U.S. ground forces led the military to grant more waivers for criminal condu... (By Ann Scott Tyson, The Washington Post) Life Expectancy Drops for Some U.S. Women Historic Reversal, Found in 1,000 Counties, May Be Result of Smoking and Obesity (By David Brown, The Washington Post) Changing the Current State Environmental Laws Drive Power Producers to Renewable Resources (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints (By Spencer S. Hsu and Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) New Data Link Heparin Deaths to Chinese Batches, FDA Says (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post) More Nation
Carter: Hamas Ready To Live Beside Israel JERUSALEM, April 21 -- The armed Islamist movement Hamas is prepared to accept Israel as a neighbor if the Palestinian people approve the terms for peace, former president Jimmy Carter and the group's exiled leadership said Monday following a visit to the region that included seven hours of negot... (By Griff Witte, The Washington Post) U.S. Team Headed to Pyongyang in Search of 'Significant Progress' (By Blaine Harden, The Washington Post) Iraqi Christians Struggle With Fear After Slayings Recent Priest Killings Follow Years of Violence, Leaders Say (By Sholnn Freeman, The Washington Post) Detainees Allege Being Drugged, Questioned U.S. Denies Using Injections for Coercion (By Joby Warrick, The Washington Post) New Data Link Heparin Deaths to Chinese Batches, FDA Says (By Marc Kaufman, The Washington Post) More World
Ex-Official Sues Over Dismissal in Road Contract Case A former top official in the D.C. Department of Transportation accused the agency's director of firing him because he exposed what he said were improper contracts between Fort Myer Construction Co. and two firms hired to work on city road projects, according to a lawsuit recently filed in U.S.... (By Yolanda Woodlee, The Washington Post) Civil Obedience: Local Book Inspires Seminars, Classes (By Mary Otto, The Washington Post) Judge Upholds Fenty's Right To Order Cab-Fare Change (By Paul Duggan, The Washington Post) Storm Somewhat Quells Dry Spell Water Flows in Many Areas Remain Below Average Despite Downpours (By Nelson Hernandez and Megan Greenwell, The Washington Post) Catholic School Achieves Fundraising Goal (By Anita Kumar, The Washington Post) More Metro
Bank of America Earnings Plummet NEW YORK, April 21 -- Bank of America, which has a sprawling business in personal and commercial loans, reported a 77 percent decline in profit Monday, the latest indication of how financial troubles that started with subprime mortgages have spread across the credit markets. (By Tomoeh Murakami Tse, The Washington Post) It Rains, It Pours (By Cindy Skrzycki, The Washington Post) Changing the Current State Environmental Laws Drive Power Producers to Renewable Resources (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post) Top Editor Steps Down At Wall Street Journal (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) Fairfax Prepares to Raise Tax Rate As Region's Fiscal Outlook Darkens (By Amy Gardner, The Washington Post) More Business
Automakers See Chance to Go Big in China BEIJING, April 21 -- High, wide and fuel-hungry, the gleaming black Cadillac Escalade on display at the Beijing auto show is an unlikely car for an era of record oil prices. (By Joe McDonald, The Washington Post) Dilbert Cartoonist Challenges Readers To Outdo Punchlines (By Mike Musgrove, The Washington Post) U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints (By Spencer S. Hsu and Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post) Indicted Samsung Chairman to Resign (By Kelly Olsen, The Washington Post) More Technology
James Scores 30, Wizards Lose by 30 CLEVELAND -- Maybe Gilbert Arenas was talking about some other Cavaliers. (By Ivan Carter, The Washington Post) Nats Lose, but Begin to See Signs of Swing Braves 7, Nationals 3 (By Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post) For Redskins, There's One More Position Among Needs Entering Draft, Safety Is Yet Another (By Jason LaCanfora and Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Caps Bring It Back Home Ovechkin's Two Goals in Third Force Game 7 at Verizon Center (By Tarik El-Bashir, The Washington Post) Orioles Ramp Up Their Base Running (By Marc Carig, The Washington Post) More Sports
The Engine Of Change READING, Pa. This election is about "change," they say. Change? This great old railroad and factory town can teach us a little something about change. Except here, they call it "repurposing." The people are going to the polls today excited, scared, "bitter" -- yes, Reading is one of those hard-lu... (By David Montgomery, The Washington Post) The Reliable Source (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Kami's 'Perspectives': A State of Being That Transcends Cultural Boundaries (By Paul Richard, The Washington Post) What Killed Earth Day? Too Much Fuss And No Bother IN MEMORIAM (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) Ashlee's 'World': Overpopulated And Empty (By Allison Stewart, The Washington Post) More Style
Book World: 'Here, Bullet' Poet and veteran Brian Turner discusses 'Here, Bullet,' a volume of poems he wrote while serving in Iraq. (Brian Turner, washingtonpost.com) Freedom Rock (J. Freedom du Lac, washingtonpost.com) The McCain Campaign (Eric Burgeson, washingtonpost.com) The War Over the War (Lt. Col. John Nagl, washingtonpost.com) Opinion Focus (Eugene Robinson, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
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