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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| Politics News & Analysis Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
 Transition 2008 Obama Poised to Name Hillary Clinton to State Post (By Michael D Shear) Senate Could Give New President Early Legislative Victories (By Paul Kane) Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement (By Michael A. Fletcher) Biden Taps Advisers For Key Positions (Associated Press) The Fix by Chris Cillizza  Capitol Briefing by Ben Pershing  The Sleuth by Mary Ann Akers  More Political Headlines Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security (By Spencer S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson) Capitol Visitor Center Puts Out Welcome Mat (By Ashley Halsey III) Best of the Web >  Powered by RealClearPolitics.com Today's top political news and commentary: Messages from a Massacre (Ralph Peters, New York Post) Clinton's Test: How She'll Work with Obama (Susan Page, USA Today) Is Obama a Secret Centrist? (Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard) Don't Worry About Large Deficits (Paul Krugman, New York Times) How Do We Start Growing Again? (John Tamny, Forbes) Campaign 2008: The Presidential Field > Opinions Obama's Economic Choice (By Robert J. Samuelson) Live Discussions Post Politics Hour with Ben Pershing (11 a.m. ET) Media BackTalk with Howard Kurtz (Noon ET) U.S. Congress Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. » EXPLORE THE DATABASE | House Votes | Senate Votes • Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 214: On the Cloture Motion• Congress 110, House vote: Vote 683: H R 6867 • Congress 110, House vote: Vote 682: S 3197 | |||||||||
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