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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White House Announces Major Foreclosure Overhaul
Fifty billion dollars will be used to encourage lenders to help stressed homeowners to meet their mortgage payments.
Read original story in The Washington Post | Friday, March 26, 2010
U.S., Mexico Officers Team Up To Tackle Border Problems
As the drug wars continue to claim unprecedented numbers in the border towns, U.S. and Mexican officers have started to share intelligence and conduct parallel patrols in select areas.
Read original story in The New York Times | Friday, March 26, 2010
Prom-Canceling School District Has a History of LGBT Intolerance
A transgender student showed up in feminine clothing and was suspended on the second day of school. When he returned, school administrators suspended him again.
Read original story in The Stranger | Friday, March 26, 2010
Tea Partiers Want a Smaller Government That Creates More Jobs
There is very little that those who identify as Tea Party supporters agree on, a new poll shows, except that they "want the federal government out of their lives except when it comes to creating jobs."
Read original story in Bloomberg | Friday, March 26, 2010
China Moves Ahead of U.S. in Clean Energy Investments
China invested more in clean energy and created more wind turbines and solar cells than any other country in the world, but its demand for fossil fuels continues to grow as well.
Read original story in BBC | Friday, March 26, 2010
White House State Dinner Crashers Land TV Deal
Michaele Salahi has been cast as the next Real Housewife of D.C. and a tell-all book is in the works.
Read original story in The Daily Beast | Friday, March 26, 2010
'Heroin King' Arrested in Mexico
Jose Antonio Medina, known as "Don Pepe," was allegedly responsible for smuggling thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California every year.
Read original story in The Associated Press | Friday, March 26, 2010
Rep. Eric Cantor: A Bullet Was Fired at My Office
After imploring Democrats to stop "fanning the flames" of violence by discussing anti-government threats, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor revealed that somebody had shot at the window of his Richmond campaign office earlier this week.
Read original story in CBS News | Thursday, March 25, 2010
Netanyahu Humiliated After U.S. Trip Goes Awry
A trip to the United States didn't go as well as planned after Obama left the Israeli prime minister to have dinner by himself.
Read original story in Times of London | Thursday, March 25, 2010
Guantanamo's "Odd Couple" Pose Problems for Authorities
They're the "odd couple" of Guantanamo--a veteran pair of inmates who are considered among the most important informants ever held in U.S. custody. But now that they've outlived their usefulness, the government is divided over what exactly it should do with them.
Read original story in The Washington Post | Thursday, March 25, 2010
Twitter's "Kind Pirate" Arrested in France
A 23-year-old hacker has been nabbed by authorities after breaking into the Twitter accounts of Britney Spears and Barack Obama.
Read original story in Agence France Presse | Thursday, March 25, 2010
Jobless Recoveries Are Here To Stay
A new report finds that a drop in hiring has been the trend over the past several recessions, and it's looking like things are getting worse.
Read original story in The Atlantic | Thursday, March 25, 2010

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