Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He 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.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He 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 decries Republicans for blocking $30 billion small business lending bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof the country "can't afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us backward." Obama's election-...Tags: Elections, Democratic Party, Small Businesses, Business, Harry Reid
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Support for Rangel fading; Obama calls charges troubling, some House Dems call on him to quit
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges. President Barack Obama says he hopes the 80-year-old lawmaker can end his career with...Tags: Edolphus Towns, Ethics, Punishment, Gene Green, Katie Couric
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Obama Touts Auto Industry Revival as a Leading Economic Indicator
MotorTrend MagazineCan manufacturing save us? When President Obama bailed out Chrysler and General Motors, sending them to bankruptcy court last year, the nascent administration touted the Detroit Three as the last bastion of big-time manufacturing in the United States, a... -
Obama Takes a Drive in GM's Chevrolet Volt Plug-In
Edmunds.comWe try not to follow the pack too much, but just because everyone else is gonna post this picture doesn't mean we won't. President Barak Obama got behind the wheel of a 2011 Chevy Volt today while visiting GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan. Even... -
Obama: U.S. Will Recover Auto Loans
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Happy Birthday, Henry Ford -- Here's the Car World You Put in Motion
Edmunds.comIt's been an interesting week in autoland, and it wraps up today with a visit by President Barack Obama to a couple of revived vehicle plants in Michigan, where he is expected to proclaim that the U.S. car industry is back on the right route. GM,... -
GM Announces Plan to Increase Chevy Volt Production Output by 50 Percent in 2012
Edmunds.comGeneral Motors, citing strong public interest in the Chevrolet Volt, announced today that it will increase U.S. production capacity of the extended-range plug-in hybrid sedan by 50 percent, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. ---------President... -
Obama working to pitch success of auto bailouts to American public
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Government/Legal, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Chrysler, GM, Earnings/Financials You don't have to be a pollster to know that for the most part, the American public remains none too happy about the federal government handing over the... -
US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs as US presses offensive
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining...Tags: Rebellions, Government, Industrial Accidents, National Government, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Obamas carry out Friday night mission _ to spy museum
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to travel incognito when you're the president — even on a mission to a spy museum. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughter Sasha made a Friday night visit to the International Spy Museum in...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, White House
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Obama administration accused of racial bias
The incident occurred more than a year and a half ago at a polling place in Philadelphia. "Minister King" Samir Shabazz, a leader in the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was out front in a military-style uniform, wielding a nightstick. Jerry...Tags: African Americans, Activism, Judges, Government, Civil Rights
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