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 From Across Region, 10,000 Rally for Obama Sen. Barack Obama launched his general election campaign for president in Virginia yesterday, rolling up his sleeves and rallying families, college students and people playing hooky from work to help him "win this election and change the course of history." (By Kristen Mack, The Washington Post) Appearances Put Virginia On the Map for November (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Investors' Growing Appetite for Oil Evades Market Limits Trading Loophole for Wall Street Speculators Is Driving Up Prices, Critics Say (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post) For Celtics, It's Game Won Pierce Returns From Injury Scare to Lead Late Rally (By Michael Lee, The Washington Post) More Today's Highlights
Investors' Growing Appetite for Oil Evades Market Limits Hedge funds and big Wall Street banks are taking advantage of loopholes in federal trading limits to buy massive amounts of oil contracts, according to a growing number of lawmakers and prominent investors, who blame the practice for helping to push oil prices to record highs. (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Top Two Air Force Officials Ousted Failures in Oversight Of Nuclear Arms Cited (By Ann Scott Tyson and Josh White, The Washington Post) Senate Democrats May Pull Climate Bill Week's Debate Has Been Contentious (By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post) Bush Inflated Threat From Iraq's Banned Weapons, Report Says (By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post) Congress Passes $3 Trillion Budget Spending Plan Approved on Partisan Vote Sets Benchmarks for Funding Bills (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) More Politics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NATION 9/11 Architect Tells Court He Hopes for Martyrdom GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, June 5 -- Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, appeared publicly Thursday for the first time since his capture five years ago and calmly told a U.S. military court that he hopes for a death sentence that will allow him... (By Josh White, The Washington Post) Top Two Air Force Officials Ousted Failures in Oversight Of Nuclear Arms Cited (By Ann Scott Tyson and Josh White, The Washington Post) At Peace Institute Groundbreaking, War Dominates the Proceedings (By Michael Abramowitz, The Washington Post) Lander Sees Mars Under Microscope Surface Soil Has a Variety of Particles, Which May Offer Clues to Planet's Past (By David Brown, The Washington Post) Bush Inflated Threat From Iraq's Banned Weapons, Report Says (By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post) More Nation
U.S., British Envoys Attacked by Mugabe Loyalists in Rural Zimbabwe A mob of loyalists to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attacked vehicles carrying U.S. and British diplomats yesterday as they were investigating political violence ahead of a presidential runoff election this month, the State Department said. (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post) Britain Cracks Down on Knives After 11th Teen Is Slain in London (By Kevin Sullivan and Jill Colvin, The Washington Post) Bush Inflated Threat From Iraq's Banned Weapons, Report Says (By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post) Chinese Parents Organize, Seeking Justice Many Ignore Pressure From Government to Move On After Quake (By Jill Drew, The Washington Post) More World
Appearances Put Virginia On the Map for November Illinois Sen. Barack Obama chose Virginia as the starting point of his general election campaign yesterday, sending a clear signal to voters and Republicans that he plans to compete hard in a state that past Democratic presidential candidates largely ignored. (By Tim Craig, The Washington Post) Filings Detail Currie Items Agents Seized Tax, Bank Records From Senator's House (By Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post) Storms Leave a Great Big Mess As Power Outages Continue, Schools Close and Residents Begin Cleaning Up (By Maria Glod and Christy Goodman, The Washington Post) Fewer Tickets to Ride As Gas Prices Rise, Tourists and Companies Cut Back (By Ylan Q. Mui and David Cho, The Washington Post) Three Named to Panel to Seek New Owners (By Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post) More Metro
Investors' Growing Appetite for Oil Evades Market Limits Hedge funds and big Wall Street banks are taking advantage of loopholes in federal trading limits to buy massive amounts of oil contracts, according to a growing number of lawmakers and prominent investors, who blame the practice for helping to push oil prices to record highs. (By David Cho, The Washington Post) Region's Universities Raise Their Tech IQ (By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post) Congress Passes $3 Trillion Budget Spending Plan Approved on Partisan Vote Sets Benchmarks for Funding Bills (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Despite Interest Rate Cuts, Foreclosures Hit Record High (By Renae Merle, The Washington Post) Pressing for Stronger Protections for Whistle-Blowers (By Stephen Barr, The Washington Post) More Business
Region's Universities Raise Their Tech IQ The greatest untold story of the Washington region is the under-performance of the technology sector. (By Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post) Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution (By Thomas Erdbrink, The Washington Post) Verizon to Buy Alltel, Form Top Wireless Carrier (By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post) Lander Sees Mars Under Microscope Surface Soil Has a Variety of Particles, Which May Offer Clues to Planet's Past (By David Brown, The Washington Post) More Technology
Presently, Nats Are Looking To Future The Nationals split a doubleheader with the Cardinals to stay in last place in the standings, while the organization drafts 21-year-old, right-hander Aaron Crow. (By Chico Harlan, The Washington Post) Campbell Out to Take Next Step Redskins QB Eyes Breakthrough Year (By Jason Reid, The Washington Post) Big Brown's Date Book Could Fill Fast Many Hoping for Matchup With Curlin After Belmont (By John Scheinman, The Washington Post) For Celtics, It's Game Won Pierce Returns From Injury Scare to Lead Late Rally (By Michael Lee, The Washington Post) Hit Batter with Bases Loaded Gives Padres Win Over Mets San Diego 2, New York 1 (AP) More Sports
The Reliable Source What do a pack of cougars in couture roaming the hot spots of Manhattan have in common with a pack of tourists in helmets rolling around the monuments of D.C.? Someday a judge may have to decide; for now, HBO has simply sent a polite letter to Bill Main demanding he change the name and logo of his... (By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, The Washington Post) Grand Master Pudge Jack Black's Doughy Dreamer Turns Jedi Knight in 'Kung Fu Panda' (By John Anderson, The Washington Post) All Flash and No Bang in Latest Shows (By Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post) 'Stuck' and 'Mother of Tears': Watching Is Sheer Torture (By Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post) A Young Artist Who Mostly Draws Attention (By David Segal, The Washington Post) More Style
Accused Sept. 11 Plotter Has First Tribunal Hearing Criminal defense attorney Christopher Amolsch discusses Thursday's military tribunal hearings for alleged Sept. 11 plannner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other Guantanamo detainees. (Christopher Amolsch, washingtonpost.com) On TV Reality, Non-Reality and Everything In-Between (Lisa de Moraes, washingtonpost.com) At the Movies With Ann Hornaday (Ann Hornaday, washingtonpost.com) Broder on Politics (David S. Broder, washingtonpost.com) Carolyn Hax Live (Carolyn Hax, washingtonpost.com) More Live Discussions
Murder on the Rise WHEN THE District of Columbia ended last year with more people killed than in the previous year, many hoped the jump was an aberration. After all, the trend over several years was a steady decline in the homicide rate. Five months into 2008, the District must confront the sobering thought that a ... (The Washington Post) Dollar Sense A welcome shift to inflation-fighting at the Fed (The Washington Post) Yearning for Protection Texas authorities are right to protect children in a religious sect from violations of state law. (The Washington Post) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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