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 60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma BANGKOK, May 6 -- The number of dead and missing in the Burma cyclone soared past 60,000 Tuesday amid signs the toll will rise even higher, as much of the disaster zone remained flooded by seawater, threatened by disease and out of reach of an international relief operation that is taking shape. (By Amy Kazmin, The Washington Post) Execution Is First Since Ruling Lethal Injection In Georgia Ends 7-Month Pause (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Fannie Loses $2.2 Billion As Home Prices Fall (By David S. Hilzenrath, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Obama Is Decisive Winner in N.C.; Clinton Ekes Out Victory in Indiana Sen. Barack Obama scored a landslide victory in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary yesterday, moving him ever closer to locking up an insurmountable lead among pledged delegates, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton posted a razor-thin win in the hotly contested Indiana primary as she ... (By Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) After One of Campaign's Roughest Patches, Obama Tried to Change the Narrative (By Jonathan Weisman, Shailagh Murray and Peter Slevin, The Washington Post) Federal Agents Raid Office of Special Counsel (By Carrie Johnson and Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) Panel Will Subpoena Assistant to Cheney (By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post) Democrats Link Wishes to War Funding Proposal Includes Troop-Withdrawal Timeline and Money for Veterans' Education (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION Execution Is First Since Ruling Georgia executed killer William Earl Lynd last night, ending a more than seven-month nationwide hiatus on capital punishment prompted by the Supreme Court's examination of lethal injection. (By Robert Barnes, The Washington Post) Democrats Link Wishes to War Funding Proposal Includes Troop-Withdrawal Timeline and Money for Veterans' Education (By Paul Kane, The Washington Post) Federal Agents Raid Office of Special Counsel (By Carrie Johnson and Christopher Lee, The Washington Post) Obama Is Decisive Winner in N.C.; Clinton Ekes Out Victory in Indiana Former First Lady Vows to Continue Despite a Widening Delegate Gap (By Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray, The Washington Post) '03 White House E-Mails Not Found (By Dan Eggen, The Washington Post) More Nation
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The Woman's Network NEW YORK, May 6 It's hard to imagine now, with a dozen photographers snapping away and hundreds of people lined up at a Broadway book signing, that Barbara Walters once considered herself a flat-out failure. (By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post) Pardon Them While They Slip Into Something More Edible (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) For Hoosier Democrats, Endless Laps On a Racetrack (By Libby Copeland, The Washington Post) Uma Thurman's Fixated Fan Found Guilty of Stalking (By David Segal, The Washington Post) 'Glory Days' Graduates Too Soon To Broadway (By Peter Marks, The Washington Post) More Style
The Technologist Newsweek senior editor Steven Levy, whose column now appears bi-weekly in The Washington Post, will be online to discuss the latest buzz in the tech industry. (Steven Levy, washingtonpost.com) Dirda on Books (Michael Dirda, washingtonpost.com) Wizards/NBA (Ivan Carter and Michael Lee, washingtonpost.com) Washington Nationals (Barry Svrluga, washingtonpost.com) Parenting Advice from "Supernanny" Jo Frost Caring for Babies and Children (Jo Frost, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Catastrophe in Burma ONLY SLOWLY has it become clear that the damage inflicted on Burma by Tropical Cyclone Nargis last weekend was catastrophic -- perhaps the worst natural disaster in the country's modern history, and a tragedy comparable to that suffered by Sri Lanka or Indonesia in the 2004 tsunami. By yesterday ... (The Washington Post) Red Meat, Overdone John McCain does the federal judiciary a disservice. (The Washington Post) Soap, Toilet Paper and Sacrifice Time for Montgomery's unions to look inward for savings (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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