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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Voice of the People, Jun. 18
A lasting baseball giant Recently I experienced an act of absolute perfection: Not only did I see the Cubs lose in the ninth, I sat in great seats marveling at the perfection of Wrigley Field's storied legacy — days when Ernie Banks, Billy...Tags: Ron Santo, High School Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Billy Williams, White House
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Executive Profile: Leaders share news from companies and careers, and their outlook on the economy
We checked in with executives profiled in the Tribune in the past year to learn their news, their insights about the coming year, and how they're feeling about the economy. Curt Bailey, president, Related Midwest Related has been running on all...
Tags: Board of Directors, Soccer, Business, Global Expansion, The Wall Street Journal
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Can the Obama administration be trusted?
— Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the U.S. Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security...Tags: Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government, Michael Mukasey, National Government
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Adriana Comellas-Macretti: Support Florida's small businesses
The number of small businesses in the U.S. and their economic impact has increased dramatically in recent decades. According to the SBA, small businesses currently provide 55 percent of all jobs and 66 percent of all net new jobs since the 1970s....Tags: Small Businesses, Business, Sales, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Today's Buzz: Should U.S. arm Syrian rebels?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardLast week the Obama administration announced that it would begin arming rebels in Syria’s civil war, two years after the conflict began. The decision came as the White House said it had conclusive evidence that Syria had used chemical weapons...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Weaponry, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions
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Backlash emerging over school standards in W.Va.
West Virginia is sticking with new standards for math, reading and writing in public schools, but faces opposition fueled by the tea party movement, which believes the benchmarks are part of an attempted federal takeover of local education authority....
Tags: Nathan Deal, Republican Party, Executive Branch, Science and Technology, Government
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G-8 meeting will test NSA leaks' effect on U.S. influence
WASHINGTON — On the surface, President Obama would seem to have a strong hand as he heads to the annual Group of 8 economic summit. Instead, the meetings Monday and Tuesday seem set to provide the first test of how much his administration's...
Tags: Data Protection, European Parliament, Germany, Security, Berlin (Germany)
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North Korea suggests high-level talks with U.S.
SEOUL — The North Korean government Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off. In what North...Tags: White House, Pyongyang (North Korea), Denis R. McDonough, CBS Corp., Global Expansion
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June 17 Letters: Power outages, IRS and NSA
Due to the violent storm that blew through Thursday evening, many homes, including mine, lost power [around] 6:00 p.m. Dominion Virginia Power prefers that you report power outages on their website — using a computer— that runs on electricity....Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Darrell E Issa, White House, Tea Party Movement, Taxation
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LETTER: Syrian Destruction Continues
The Syrian civil war's death toll of 70,000 continues to rise. In recent reports by the French, localized use of sarin gas in Jobar, on the outskirts of Damascus, and in Saraqueb has been discovered within corpses and blood from civilians in these areas....Tags: Free Syrian Army, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Mail Call - June 17
“To all you people out there who complain about getting tickets from speed cameras, which allow you 12 miles an hour over the speed limit before you’re fined: Try to stop complaining, and slow down.” — Hancock “I just read...Tags: Elections, Security Measures, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Susan Rice, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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White House says 'scope and scale' of aid to Syrian rebels may grow
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday that “the scope and scale” of assistance to Syrian rebels will expand, based on evidence that the Assad government is gaining ground in the protracted civil war and that...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, Denis R. McDonough, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Dick Cheney
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