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.

Morning Edition 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 New Lawsuit Accuses 'Harry Potter' Author of Plagiarism And the agent representing the plaintiff believes his client's case could be worth a billion dollars. Read original story in The Guardian | 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 Advertisement

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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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	Federal Insider  Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 In Obama's Words Find Obama's speeches by subject in a new searchable database. Keep track of Obama's schedule with POTUS Tracker and government appointments at Head Count. News From The Fed Page NHTSA faulted for Toyota complaints (By Peter Whoriskey) Federal Eye: Early dismissal for federal workers on Friday (By Ed O'Keefe) U.S. commanders in Afghanistan face tougher discipline (By Greg Jaffe) NAACP gives Reid an A in latest report card on Congress (By Krissah Thompson) In the Loop Recess is near -- will Barack play the game? (By Al Kamen) Federal Diary Federal employees' top needs for advancing their career (By Joe Davidson) Federal Eye  » Ed O'Keefe Keeping Tabs on the Government: • Early Dismissal for Federal Workers on Friday • Eye Opener: Avocados and mangoes on the mind at USDA • More data breaches at Commerce Dept. RSS Feed  U.S. Congress Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. » EXPLORE THE DATABASE | House Votes | Senate Votes • Congress 111, House vote: Vote 35: H R 4061 • Congress 111, House vote: Vote 34: H R 4061 • Congress 111, House vote: Vote 33: H RES 1044
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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.

Morning Edition Big Winners in Health Care Vote? Baucus and Snowe As the Senate finance committee approved the health care package with a 14-to-9 vote, its chairman and the lone Republican supporter now have more clout than ever. Read original story in Politico | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Wall Street Payments Set To Break Another Record Workers at top firms are on track to earn even more money than they did in 2007, a peak year. Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Amidst Two Wars, Military Recruitment Thrives Largely thanks to the Great Recession, the military has managed to meet all of its recruiting goals for the first in more than 35 years. Read original story in The Washington Post | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Mussolini Briefly Worked for British Intelligence Before he was a dictator, Mussolini received 100 pounds from British agents to advocate for the first world war and stop peace protests. Read original story in The Guardian | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Strong Figures From China Raise Recovery Hopes Surprising good news from China's economy caused stocks to increase and the dollar to fall to its lowest level since August 2008. Intel also forecast sales that beat expectations in what was seen as further evidence that the global economy is bouncing back. Read original story in Reuters | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Polanski Finishing Film From Prison The director is putting the finishing touches on his latest movie while sitting in a prison cell in Switzerland, waiting for extradition proceedings to the United States. Read original story in The Times (of London) | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Congress Finally Begins To Move on Financial Overhaul After lots of waiting, lawmakers are getting ready to take up the first baby steps toward overhauling the regulation of financial companies. Read original story in Associated Press | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Brown Will Send More Troops To Afghanistan The British prime minister will announce today his decision, which comes in spite of increased public opposition to the war effort. Read original story in The Guardian | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Is Pay Czar Powerless To Stop AIG's Bonuses? The giant insurer's compensation practices are once again facing scrutiny from government officials eager to avoid another scandal. Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Bloomberg Will Own Business Week McGraw-Hill Cos. agreed to sell the venerable business publication to the financial-news giant after millions of dollars in losses. Read original story in Los Angeles Times | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Model Who Looks Emaciated in Ad Was Fired for Being Fat The model who is depicted in an ad for Ralph Lauren that caused an Internet sensation due to dramatic Photoshopping says she weighed too much to work for the clothing company. Read original story in The New York Daily News | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 Nobel Panel Backs Obama: "We Simply Disagree That He Has Done Nothing" In a rare move, the Nobel jury has defended the decision to award Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, stating that he "got the prize for what he has done." Read original story in The Washington Post | Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 Advertisement

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