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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| Opinions Thursday, May 29, 2008
Quote of the Day  Poor taste by the Clintons is matched by their poor knowledge of history.Featured Opinions McClellan on McClellan Bush's former spokesman tells how he lost respect for one of the finest public servants he's ever known. The Puzzled Presidency McClellan's book has elicited the usual reaction from the White House. Bush's John Dean? It's not McClellan, but it could be ... Karl Rove. Clinton Crosses a Line Loyal Democrats now talk about Clinton the same way Republicans have for 16 years. McCain's Question Time Proposed public question sessions would further diminish Congress's dignity.
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