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.

If you have any difficulty viewing this newsletter click here

Print This E-Mail

Feedback

Opinions Friday, Oct. 17, 2008

Editorial
Barack Obama for President
The Washington Post endorses Barack Obama.

David S. Broder
Obama's Assurance Policy
Obama has looked consistently self-assured, a valuable commodity in times like these.

Gordon Brown
Out of the Ashes
The greatest of global challenges demands of us the boldest of global cooperation.

Charles Krauthammer
Who's Playing the Race Card?
The search for McCain's racial offenses is untiring and often unhinged.

Michael Gerson
The Man Who Stayed
Gen. David Petraeus has unique credibility precisely because he didn't leave Iraq to its fate.

Eugene Robinson
McCain's Bare Cupboard
McCain's words hurt him more than his scowls.

Barton Gellman
Cheney Rules
Anyone can learn Dick Cheney's methods. Here is an executive summary.

Kathleen Parker
The Buckley Son Rises -- and Runs
Christopher Buckley's endorsement of Barack Obama has caused a ripple of contempt from the conservative right.

Dan Froomkin's White House Watch
'Not President Bush'
Debating in the shadow of a financial collapse and a presidency that has been found wanting, Republican presidential candidate John McCain made his most dramatic attempt yet to distance himself from his party's leader last night.

Tom TOLES & Ann TELNAES