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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Dharun Ravi Sentenced To 30 Day Jail Term In Rutgers Webcam Case
pix11.com | @jamesfordtvHe had faced up to ten years in prison for the cyberbullying conviction that led his Rutgers roommate, Tyler Clementi, to commit suicide. Instead, Dharun Ravi will be going to jail for a month, and it seems that hardly anyone is pleased with the sentence....Tags: Dharun Ravi, Bullying, Judges, Justice System, George Washington
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Cardinal Dolan Sues 3 Obama Cabinet Members
pix11.com | @murphypixThe Archdiocese of New York, joined by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against three Cabinet officials in the Obama administration. It was the first, legal salvo in the feud over insurance funding for birth...Tags: Timothy Dolan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Laws, Rockville Centre, Birth Control
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Blind Chinese Activist Chen Arrives In New York
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the...Tags: National Government, U.S. Department of State, Chicago, Government, Social Issues
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G8, Raising Pressure On Iran, Puts Oil Stocks On Standby
ReutersCAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to...Tags: Tehran (Iran), European Union, Government, Commodity Markets, Republican Party
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Suspects' Plans To Fire-Bomb Obama's Campaign Headquarters Net Terrorism Charges, Chi-Town Cops
Tribune ReportersThree out-of-state men arrested in a Bridgeport apartment raid days before the NATO summit considered hitting President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house and police stations with "incendiary devices," according to court documents....Tags: Laws, Chicago Police Department, NATO Summit, Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Justice System
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Obama Receives Warm Welcome At Barnard College, Despite Students' Growing Debt
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvThe president of Barnard College has described the President of the United States as someone her students support. That didn't stop some of them, however, from participating in a protest Monday outside of the gates of the campus where President Barack...Tags: Protest, Graduation, Same-Sex Marriage, Ricky Martin, Republican Party
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Comic Fools Reporters After He Fake Live-Tweets From Obama Fundraiser
@AndrewJRamosThe biggest names in Hollywood converged on George Clooney's home Thursday for a historic fundraising dinner that raised $15 million for President Barack Obama's campaign. Amid all the excitement, A-list celebs and secret service, was comedian Ben...Tags: Media Industry, Politics, Entertainment, Elections, George Clooney
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Weary Warriors Favor Obama
ReutersCOLUMBIA, S.C.(Reuters) - Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Services and Shopping, Rick Santorum, Chicago, U.S. Department of Defense
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U.S. Military Faces Scrutiny Over Its Prostitution Policies
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - No one talks tougher against prostitution than the U.S. military. Even in countries where prostitution is legal, military personnel violating a seven-year-old Department of Defense policy against paying for sex face up to a year in...Tags: U.S. Department of State, John McCain, Wars and Interventions, Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
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Gov. Chris Christie's Approval Rating At All-time High
pix11.com | @JuliaTheWriterGov. Chris Christie's popularity is at an all-time high in his home state, according to the Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday. The Garden State governor's approval rating among voters was at 59 percent--his highest-ever since becoming elected in 2009-...Tags: Mitt Romney, Politics, Chris Christie, Travel, Government
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Obama Administration Proposes Options On Birth Control Coverage
Staff ReporterThe Obama administration moved Friday to further insulate religiously affiliated hospitals and universities from paying for birth control for their female employees if they object to providing the coverage on moral grounds. The new proposal, which...Tags: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Economy, Business and Finance, Feminism, Roman Catholicism, Insurance
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President Calls For "Soul Searching" In Trayvon Martin Case
PIX11.com | @jamesfordtvMore than 1.5 million people, including countless New Yorkers, have signed a petition http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin at change.org encouraging Attorney General Eric Holder, himself a New Yorker,...Tags: Lawyers, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Justice System
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