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 Friday, Dec. 19, 2008
Obama's Inaugural Mistake A gay marching band won't make up for his invitation to evangelical pastor Rick Warren. Clinton's List of Worries? What the William J. Clinton Foundation's donor list reveals. A Choice to Redefine the Schools Debate Arne Duncan gets along with teachers unions but is also seen as a reformer. Moral Surrender to Pyongyang When diplomats such as Christopher Hill are deployed it means that hope is fading. The U.S. House Of Lords? If Princess Caroline wants a seat in the Senate, let her do it by election. Caroline Kennedy Is No Sarah Palin They are as different as apples and zebras, as their treatment has reflected. Bush's Counterterrorism Record: 0 for 1 Has the president kept America safe?
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