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 going gray: '100 percent sure'
The Swampby Mark Silva Only his hair-dresser knows for sure. And President Barack Obama's barber says the first head is going gray naturally. "Forty-five days to a grayer you,'' goes the lede in the Washington Post dispatch about the graying of......Tags: National Government, Government, Colorado
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Dick Armey: Limbaugh right - 'Sure'
The Swampby Mark Silva Dick Armey, a former House majority leader when the Republicans ruled the Hill, has added his name to those hoping that President Barack Obama fails. If the president's goal is creating "a nanny state,'' that is. "Sure,''......Tags: National Government, Ronald Reagan, Government, Dick Armey, Republican Party
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Michelle Obama: 'Want pie, there's pie'
The Swampby Mark Silva Michelle Obama, who has asserted the "right to bare arms'' in high fashion during the first month-and-a-half as first lady, says the White House has its advantages. "If you want pie, there's pie!'' the first lady of......Tags: Pies and Tarts, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, The White House
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Obama's not-so-special gift to top Brit
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Sanjay Gupta out as surgeon general
The Swampby Mark Silva Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be making any White House calls. The television medical reporter and surgeon whose name was floated as a candidate for surgeon general in the Obama administration, has withdrawn from consideration -- says the......Tags: Hillary Clinton, CNN, Sanjay Gupta, Medicines, John Jr Conyers
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Obama's TelePrompTer addiction
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Obama ends gray wolf protection
The Swamp(Undated handout photo of a grey wolf from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. AP Photo) by Jim Tankersley After reversing President Bush on a pack of environmental rules in its first month, the Obama administration let one of......Tags: Idaho, Heads of State, Wildlife, U.S. Department of the Interior, Endangered Species
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Labor: Job loss not 'abstract,' only sec'y
The Swampby Mark Silva "Labor, for $787 billion, Alex.'' ...The Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's appointment of a former California congresswoman as Secretary of Labor.... "Who is Hilda Solis?'' (Bingo, or maybe Daily Double: $1.574 trillion -- not...Tags: California, Business, National Government, Government, Economic Policy
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Sanjay Gupta's personal call: Children
The Swampby Mark Silva Sanjay Gupta knows how to tell a story. When the chief medical correspondent for CNN withdraws his name fromsideration as surgeon general in the Obama administration, where does he tell the story? On CNN. "It was a......Tags: Atlanta, Government Health Care, CNN, National Government, Medical Services
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Obama rescinding stem-cell research ban
The Swampby Mark Silva One of former President George W. Bush's first big acts before the terrorism of 9/11 and the wars that followed - announced in a nationally televised address from his ranch in Texas - was his ban against......Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Diseases, Medical Specialization, Medical Research, National Government
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Obama: Stimulus saving police jobs
The Swampby Christi Parsons COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Just weeks after a class of local police recruits was laid off due to city budget cuts, President Barack Obama flew in to speak at their graduation ceremony today -- and to laud the......Tags: Columbus, Police, Diseases, National Government, Law Enforcement
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Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharging'
The Swampby Mark Silva What's a little humor between Doomsday players? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her. Clinton, presenting Russian Foreign......Tags: Energy Resources, Joe Biden, National Government, Petroleum Industry, Vladimir Putin
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