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.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
McCain Campaign Calls; A Nonprofit Steps In
For weeks, Republican presidential candidate John McCain had been hammered for supporting the Air Force's February decision to award a $40 billion contract for refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman and its European partner. Democrats, labor unions and others blamed the senator for a deal they say...
(By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post)

Democrats Meet Today To Hash Out Fla., Mich.
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
(By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

From Russia, A Cinematic Double Take On WWII Era
(By Peter Finn, The Washington Post)

Celtics Return to the NBA Finals
Celtics 89, Pistons 81
(By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Democrats Meet Today To Hash Out Fla., Mich.
When Democratic Party leaders voted on Aug. 25, 2007, to sanction Florida Democrats for moving up the date of their presidential primary, no one anticipated that the decision would lead to a tense showdown that will help decide the outcome of the nomination battle between Sens. Barack Obama and...
(By Dan Balz, The Washington Post)

McCain Campaign Calls; A Nonprofit Steps In
(By Robert O'Harrow Jr., The Washington Post)

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NATION
Intelligence Official Sees Little Progress Before Bush Exits
Previewing the world for the next U.S. president, a top U.S. intelligence official this week predicted that the Bush administration would make little progress before leaving office on top national security priorities including an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, political reconciliation in Iraq...
(By Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)

Adoring Fans, Incognito Celebs Revel in Spelling's Super Bowl
(By Petula Dvorak and Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post)

N.Y. Crane Collapse Kills 2 and Injures 1
(By Robin Shulman, The Washington Post)

Judges Uphold Voting Rights Act
Challenge to Law Called Key Test Case
(By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post)

Air Force Unit's Nuclear Weapons Security Is 'Unacceptable'
(By Walter Pincus, The Washington Post)

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WORLD
From Russia, A Cinematic Double Take On WWII Era
VOISKOVITSY, Russia -- In the 1994 Russian film "Burnt by the Sun," the idyllic life of a family at their country home outside Moscow is smashed on a single day by Stalinism. Fans of the movie, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, are likely to be startled by a coming sequel. And not only...
(By Peter Finn, The Washington Post)

A Chef Takes His Food Higher Than Ever Before
(By John Ward Anderson, The Washington Post)

For China's Local Officials, a New Test
Often Dismissed as Remiss or Corrupt, Bureaucrats Now Find Themselves The Main Caretakers for Quake Victims
(By Jill Drew, The Washington Post)

Torch Brings Celebration In the Face Of Mourning
(By Edward Cody, The Washington Post)

Zoos Reach Out To Panda Facility
Aid Sought for Reserve, Workers
(By Michael Ruane, The Washington Post)

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METRO
Adoring Fans, Incognito Celebs Revel in Spelling's Super Bowl
Without warning, one contestant came face to face last night with something that you don't want to encounter while you are appearing live on network television: prosopopoeia. It's a rhetorical device, and, despite the poise and ability he had shown through many grueling rounds, Sidharth Chand, 12,...
(By Petula Dvorak and Jonathan Mummolo, The Washington Post)

Prosecutors to Seek Files From Md. State Senator
(By Rosalind S. Helderman and John Wagner, The Washington Post)

D.C. Orders Crane Inspections
Emergency Review Follows Second Fatal Collapse in New York
(By Paul Duggan, The Washington Post)

Ikea Helps a Town Put It Together
Manufacturing Jobs Come Back to Southern Va.
(By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post)

Almost Three Dozen People Arrested in Khat Raid
(By Clarence Williams, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
More Step Up To Complain About FAA
Kim Farrington says she was only doing her job as a Federal Aviation Administration inspector when she raised concerns about problems involving an airline's training program. But her bosses, who she thought were too cozy with the carrier, punished her for her warnings, she said.
(By Del Quentin Wilber, The Washington Post)

Ford's 'Global Car' To Roll Out in Mexico
Small, Efficient Auto Designed to Be Sold Anywhere
(By Manuel Roig-Franzia, The Washington Post)

I love you. I'm broke.
(By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post)

Ikea Helps a Town Put It Together
Manufacturing Jobs Come Back to Southern Va.
(By Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post)

Scrutiny of Phone Fees May Broaden to TV, Internet
FCC Hearing to Target Cancellation Charges
(By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Scrutiny of Phone Fees May Broaden to TV, Internet
A planned federal hearing on penalties that cellphone users pay for canceling their contracts early may be expanded to include a discussion on similar fees for ending cable and Internet services ahead of schedule, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said in an interview yesterday.
(By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post)

A Wii Bounce in Seniors' Steps
Video Game Sports Tourney Helps Md. Competitors Stay Fit, Engaged
(By Megan Greenwell and Katherine Shaver, The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
The Diplomat Who Touches All the Bases
Officially, for the last 6 1/2 years, Ryozo Kato's title in Washington has been ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America.
(By Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post)

Nationals Overcome the Odds in Phoenix
Harris's 3-Run Homer In 7th Is the Key Blow: Nationals 7, Diamondbacks 4
(By Chico Harlan, washingtonpost.com)

Gibbs Racing Phenom Comes of Age
(By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post)

Celtics Return to the NBA Finals
Celtics 89, Pistons 81
(By Michael Wilbon, The Washington Post)

No Goals, but Signs of Progress
El Salvador 0, Guatemala 0
(By Steve Yanda, The Washington Post)

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STYLE
High Society
In a city built on networking, there is one relationship in your 20s and 30s that is particularly important to cultivate, one contact that can help create the definitive summer experience of snatches of sun and weekends of nothingness that nevertheless feel smugly accomplished.
(By Monica Hesse, The Washington Post)

NAMES & FACES
While Garry Trudeau is on a 12-week hiatus from "Doonesbury," The Post is testing three new comics. The third is "The Knight Life." Please let us know how you like it. Visit http://comicsurvey.washpost.com; write Comics Feedback, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071; e-mail comics@washpost.com; or call the Comics Hotline at 202-334-4775.
(The Washington Post)

Worth a Closer Look
Mary McCormack Sharpens 'Plain Sight'
(By Tom Shales, The Washington Post)

The Bush Chronicles: A Tell-All Tally
(The Washington Post)

Comedian Harvey Korman, Laughing Until We Cried
(By Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post)

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Field of Schemes
THOSE FAVORING the use of city money to help build a soccer stadium on the D.C. waterfront are irked that word about their plans leaked out. Publicity is seen as death to the project. What, though, does it say about the worth of this undertaking if the details must be hidden and if even its champ...
(The Washington Post)

Web Cops
To avoid more regulation, Internet service providers ought to disclose more.
(The Washington Post)

Corruption Reality Check
A report shows the limits of what World Bank reformers can do.
(The Washington Post)

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