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 Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Racing to the Summit Having fouled the global economic nest, America must now work with other nations to clean it up. Supersize the IMF Try thinking about global finance as you might think about your car insurance. The $200 Campaign Finance Fix The presidential public financing system is no longer viable. Kentuckian in the Breach Mitch McConnell has the patience that the Republican recuperation might require. Obama's Good Start The first week of Barack Obama's transition to the presidency has gone about as well as anyone could imagine. Bush Still Draws a Blank Nearing the bitter end of eight ruinous years in office, President Bush still won't acknowledge a single substantive thing he did wrong.
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