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Barack Hussein Obama is a U.S. Senator from Illinois and a Democratic candidate for president in 2008. He was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush. In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was suppose...
Barack Hussein Obama is a U.S. Senator from Illinois and a Democratic candidate for president in 2008. He was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush. In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
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Obama takes day off campaign trail in Chicago
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family. A casually dressed Obama family strolled to a friend's house in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood for...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Christianity, Hyde Park, Anglican
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Bush defends decisions on North Korea, Olympics
Associated Press WriterPresident Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid....Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Foreign Aid, Beijing Games, Environmental Pollution
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Republican Party ad assails Obama on energy
TITLE: "Balance." LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. SCRIPT: Announcer: "Record gas prices. A climate in crisis. John McCain says solve it now with a balanced plan: Alternative energy, conservation, suspending...Tags: Political Candidates, Ecosystems, Nuclear Power, US Elections, Conservation
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McCain's health plan: A threat to employer plans?
Associated Press WritersThere's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax policies? The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting has proposed that everyone buying health...Tags: Credit and Debt, Political Candidates, Employees, Health Insurance, Insurance
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Neither Candidate Can Stop Home Foreclosures
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. Even the optimism that surrounds a new president taking office can't resurrect home values overnight, and presidents have no direct ability to...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Fidel Castro, Elections, Parties and Movements
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Bush defends decisions on North Korea, Olympics as leaders focus on climate change, gas prices
President Bush today defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid. They...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Foreign Aid, Beijing Games, Environmental Pollution
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Kerry says McCain lacks judgment to be president
Associated Press WriterJohn Kerry says Republican John McCain doesn't have the judgment to be president. If that's the case, then it's probably a good thing McCain rejected overtures from Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, to form a bipartisan ticket and run...Tags: Government, John F Kerry, National Government, Political Candidates, Heads of State
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Bush prepares for final G-8 summit
Associated PressThe problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil prices and uncertainty about Iran's and North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose...Tags: Indigenous People, Government, Summits, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Different messages
Can a patriot say "God damn America"? The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.'s use of such language led to questioning of his patriotism - and that of his most famous parishioner, Sen. Barack Obama. Mr. Wright's defenders (especially the academic ones)...Tags: Frederick Douglass, Fourth of July, Racism, Constitutional Issues, Loyola College in Maryland
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Watching their words
Sun reporterTwo months ago, NAACP board member Alice Huffman played a pivotal role in a Democratic National Committee meeting that paved the way for Sen. Barack Obama to clinch the party's presidential nomination. Obama's historic victory - the first for a black...Tags: National Government, Health and Safety at School, Political Candidates, Same-Sex Marriage, National or Ethnic Minorities
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