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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| Sights & Sounds Thursday, June 5, 2008
This newsletter features the best of our multimedia offerings. To see more of our cool stuff, go to the Photos & Video front. INTERACTIVE FEATURE  » Barack Obama claims victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton after a long and grueling battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. MORE FEATURES  » VIDEO | The Washington Post's David Broder recalls the 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy.  » PHOTOS | NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander plunged into the atmosphere and successfully landed on the Red Planet's northern polar region, where it will began digging in the permafrost to look for evidence for the building blocks of life.  »VIDEO | Students with disabilities attend a ball with a concert by American Idol winner Ruben Studdard and a motivational speech by author Kyle Maynard. Photos  » PHOTOS | Cookbook authors Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford have crisscrossed Asia soaking up the traditions of people across the continent. Tales and recipes from the far provinces of China make up their latest book, "Beyond the Great Wall." MORE PHOTOS FROM MORE VIDEO | |||||||||
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