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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Despite Chinese Objections, Obama Will Meet Dalai Lama The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in the United States yesterday and plans to meet with both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton today to ask for help finding "a solution in resolving the Tibet issue that would be mutually beneficial to the Tibetan and Chinese people." Read original story in AFP | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Facebook Becomes Second Most Visited Site in U.S. Yahoo was the U.S.'s most visited site for years, but the one-time go-to search engine has slipped to third, behind Google and now, Facebook. Read original story in Mashable | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Mentally Ill Man Breaches Olympic Security, Approaches Biden During the opening ceremony, a 48-year-old man who "had an infatuation with the U.S. Vice President" used fake credentials that he printed off the Internet to bypass several layers of security. Read original story in USA Today | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Casino Owners Banking on Harry Reid's Re-Election Republican leaders are hoping to keep the current Senate Majority Leader from winning another term, but Reid is calling in favors from the gambling industry, which is responsible for "nearly one in every three jobs" in Nevada. Read original story in The Associated Press | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Did Soros Double His Gold Investment Because the Dollar is About to Fail? U.S. billionaire George Soros quietly doubled his invesment in gold at the same time financial reporter Ken Kurson called it the only sound place to keep your money since the economy's bottom is about to fall out. Read original story in BBC | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
School Administrators Allegedly Spied on Students With Webcams A new lawsuit claims that administrators from the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania issued laptops to high school students so they could covertly spy on them and their families with both audio and video. Read original story in Boing Boing | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Ugandan Pastor Shows Gay Porn to Increase Anti-Gay Support With legislation on the table that would make homosexuality punishable by death in his country, anti-gay Pastor Martin Ssemba told the BBC "we need to educate ourselves about what homosexuals do." Read original story in BBC | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Another Toyota Recall Coming? The U.S. will open an investigation into steering problems in half a million Toyota Corolla's later today following more than 150 complaints to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read original story in BBC | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
For Sale: Tony Rezko's Suburban Chicago Mansion The seven-bedroom home where Tony Rezko, convicted of public corruption charges in 2008, held a Senate fundraiser for Barack Obama is on the market for just over $3.5 million. Read original story in Chicago Breaking News Center | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Nominated Songs Won't Be Performed at Oscars Instead of five individual performances, producers have opted for the "musical shortlist [to be] showcased with clips from the films they featured in" in an effort to save time. Read original story in BBC | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
Britain Opens Up UFO Files to Public More than 6,000 pages of records -- and these just cover the years 1994 through 2000 -- document sighting after sighting of unidentified flying objects. Read original story in CNN | Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010
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Obama later added three amendments to S. 2611, the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act," sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA).
President Bush signs the "Coburn-Obama" Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform.
But in a December 2006 Wall Street Journal editorial headlined "The Man from Nowhere," former Ronald Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan advised Will and other "establishment" commentators to get "down from your tippy toes" and avoid becoming too quickly excited about Obama's still early political career.
There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported the war in Iraq.
Obama's candidacy was boosted by an advertising campaign featuring images of the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and the late U.S.
However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of child custody divorce records containing sexual allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.
Obama's fundraising prowess was affirmed again in the second quarter of 2007, when his campaign raised an additional $32.5 million, the most ever raised by a Democratic Presidential candidate in a single quarter.
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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"I've quit periodically over the last several years.
However, Hull's popularity declined following allegations of domestic abuse.
On the first day of the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, in a column published in the Washington Post, Obama called for an end to "any and all practices that would lead a reasonable person to believe that a public servant has become indebted to a lobbyist.
Asked to name a "hidden talent," Obama answered: "I'm a pretty good poker player.
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 said, "The time has come for universal health care in America Z...Z I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country.
In early opinion polls leading up to the Democratic primary, Obama trailed multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes.
In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act, authorizing construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States–Mexico border.
"Obama has authored two bestselling books.
The Chicago Tribune credits the large crowds that gathered at book signings with influencing Obama's decision to run for president.
The Rasmussen polling organization reported in May 2007 that 49% of Americans consider it "somewhat likely" or "very likely" that Obama will be elected.
It was an immediate bestseller and remains on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Obama encouraged "others in public life to do the same" to show "there is no shame in going for an HIV test.
"After graduating from Punahou, Obama studied at Occidental College for two years, then transferred to Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
Obama received over 52% of the vote in the March 2004 primary, emerging 29% ahead of his nearest Democratic rival.
"I've never been a heavy smoker," Obama told the Chicago Tribune.
In December 2006, Obama spoke at a New Hampshire event celebrating Democratic Party midterm election victories in the first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary state.
