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 papers Strike Out Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 6:16 AM ET The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead with news that U.S. forces launched a series of intense airstrikes that killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers along the Afghan border in an attack that immediately raised tensions between the American and Pakistani governments. Details are still sketchy and no one really knows what exactly happened on Tuesday night but what is clear is that the attack threatened the already fragile relations between the United States and one of its key allies in the region. Early yesterday the Pakistani military said the airstrikes were "unprovoked and cowardly" while the Pentagon characterized it as "a legitimate strike in self-defense." The Washington Post leads with James Johnson resigning from Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search committee amid criticism over his business activities and loans he received from Countrywide Financial. The Los Angeles Times leads with news that the chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, suspended an obscenity trial over which he was presiding after the paper revealed that he kept sexually explicit materials in a publicly accessibly Web site. The material in question was hidden but still accessible and included a picture of a naked woman painted to look like a cow and a short video of a man with a sexually excited farm animal, among others. USA Today goes across the top with a look at how the continuing bad weather could turn a bad situation worse in Iowa and across the Midwest in the next few days. Thousands have already been evacuated in Iowa due to record flooding that is also threatening to destroy a variety of crops, which could further raise food prices. "This could be a 500-year type of event," Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said. "We're dealing with something that's historic in proportion." To continue reading, click here. Daniel Politi writes "Today's Papers" for Slate. He can be reached at todayspapers@slate.com.Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Campaign 2008 Help! I Have To Tell "Someone" She Won't Be My Running Mate. Arts & Life Rediscovering the Glorious Architecture of Eero Saarinen Health & Science A Defense of Virginity- Restoration Surgery | Advertisement  |
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