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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Obama was sworn in as a Senator on January 4, 2005.
Through the fall of 2006, Obama had spoken at political events across the country in support of Democratic candidates for the midterm elections.
" Expressing a similar view, New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch wrote: "When black Americans refer to Obama as 'one of us,' I do not know what they are talking about.
He received his B.A. degree in 1983, then worked for one year at Business International Corporation.
In the memoir, Obama describes his experiences growing up in his mother's American middle class family.
Hopefund gave US$374,000 to federal candidates in the 2006 election cycle, making it one of the top donors to federal candidates for the year.
Obama traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan in August 2005 with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator.
Boosted by increased national standing, he went on to win election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 with a landslide 70% of the vote in an election year marked by Republican gains.
" During his first two and a half years in the Senate, Obama received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Knox College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Northwestern University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Southern New Hampshire University.
" An Italian translation was published in April 2007 with a preface by Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, and a Spanish paperback edition was published in June 2007.
The donations came from 104,000 individual donors, with US$6.9 million raised through the Internet from 50,000 of the donors.
His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign student, with whom she had one daughter, Maya.
There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported the war in Iraq.
Ehrenstein says these films are popular because they offer U.S. audiences a comfort for "white guilt.
Obama plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team.
While in Israel, Obama met with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom.
I'm a devoted Democrat who will certainly vote for Obama, and even I have to wonder what happened to the media's backbone.
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