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Monday, May 18, 2009

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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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Obama and the Fighting Irish
by Joshua Kucera
Posted Monday, May 18, 2009, at 6:00 AM ET

The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times lead with President Obama's speech at Notre Dame University's graduation ceremony where he addressed the issue of abortion directly while several anti-abortion protesters attempted to disrupt the event. The story also tops the Wall Street Journal worldwide news box. The New York Times leads with U.S. officials' increasing concern that Pakistan is adding to its nuclear arsenal even as it struggles against an insurgency that threatens to topple the government. USA Today leads with news that local law enforcement agencies are cutting back services, merging or even shutting down altogether because of the recession.

Obama's speech was an attempt to bridge the gap between both sides of the abortion debate by calling on each side to respect the other with "open hearts, open minds, fair-minded words," as he said in a much-quoted part of his address. "Mr. Obama did not engage on the merits of the debate on abortion; he instead made an appeal to each side of the issue," the NYT wrote. Those on the anti-abortion side of the issue were not impressed: an anti-abortion mass was held in response to his presence, a small group protested outside (some were arrested, "nearly 40" according to the NYT) and some students registered their objection by skipping the ceremony.

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Joshua Kucera is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C.

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Posted by Zephaniah Holwell at 3:10 AM  

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported the war in Iraq. Before announcing his presidential candidacy, he began a well-publicized effort to quit smoking. Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still an Illinois state legislator. If elected, Obama would become the first non-white U.S. president. Through three televised debates, Obama and Keyes expressed opposing views on stem cell research, abortion, gun control, school vouchers, and tax cuts. " Three months into his Senate career, and again in 2007, Time magazine named Obama one of "the world's most influential people.

In the November 2004 general election, Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%.

Obama encouraged "others in public life to do the same" to show "there is no shame in going for an HIV test. Obama plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team. The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American currently serving in the U.S. Senate. Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking his presidential campaign to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, Obama said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America. He spent most of his childhood in the majority-minority U.S. state of Hawaii and lived for four years in Indonesia. During his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign, Obama won the endorsement of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, whose officials cited his "longtime support of gun control measures and his willingness to negotiate compromises," despite his support for some bills the police union had opposed. US$24.8 million of Obama's first quarter funds can be used in the primaries, the highest of any 2008 presidential candidate. In 1990, The New York Times reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black president in its 104-year history. Obama plays basketball, a sport he participated in as a member of his high school's varsity team. And they want that choice.



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