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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| Opinions Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Quote of the Day  I'm a devoted Democrat who will certainly vote for Obama, and even I have to wonder what happened to the media's backbone.Featured Opinions A Torture Paper Trail Perhaps above all, George Bush should be remembered as the president who embraced torture. Another Blow To Justice How the apolitical process for selecting judges and prosecutors was stood on its head. The Hour of Europe In a strange sense, Bush's catastrophic diplomacy was a gift to Europe's politicians. Obama the Unknown I know that Barack Obama is a near-perfect political package. But I'm still not sure what's in it. Cocaine Finds Africa West Africa's drug trafficking problem threatens to turn the region into a center of lawlessness.
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