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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Stop the deficit extremists; save the economy
Los Angeles Times (MCT)The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is to...Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Government Debt, Republican Party, Politics, Gross Domestic Product
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Pushing the envelope on data collection, NSA-style
WASHINGTON - Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the 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 Agency's...
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Too much comfort in secret-keeping
Los Angeles TimesPresident Obama's response to the troubling news of indiscriminate government collection of communication information was meant to be reassuring: The NSA is operating under supervision by all three branches of government, he assured us. Even if this were...Tags: Eric Holder, National Security Agency, Laws, Ron Wyden, Justice System
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Obama honors WNBA champ Indiana Fever
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama honored the WNBA champion Indiana Fever on Friday, calling the players role models for young athletes -- even those on his daughter Sasha's basketball team. The team captured its first title last October, beating...Tags: Indiana Fever, Tamika Catchings, Physical Fitness and Exercise, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Women's National Basketball Association
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Voice of the People: Corporations must pay fair share
I was outraged after recently hearing of Apple avoiding $9 billion in U.S. taxes by hiding its money overseas in a tax haven in Ireland. Even though Congress recently held hearings about Apple's tax transgressions, many other companies continue to avoid...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Congress, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Boston Marathon
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Debate is needed
From the San Jose Mercury NewsAs a candidate for president in 2008, Barack Obama set a high bar for his administration, declaring that it would be "the most open and transparent in history." But Obama for years has been making decisions behind closed doors about the privacy of...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Tea Party Movement, Judges, U.S. Congress, Politics
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'Reporter' makes mental health political
I cannot write this the way I want. Doing so would invade the privacy of too many people. But I can't be silent, either. In recent weeks, you see, President Obama spoke before a conference of mental health advocates at the White House. It is necessary,...
Tags: Stress, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Health
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Moment of decision on immigration policy for U.S.
For the Editorial BoardA moment of opportunity has arrived. All eyes are on the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, an 844-page proposal, which includes 300 amendments. Many more changes are sure to come in the weeks ahead. The...Tags: Jackie Walorski, Politics, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Raul Labrador
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Gunman kills 6 in California
Associated PressSANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed at least six people and wounded several others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across several blocks of a normally idyllic beachfront city before police shot him dead in the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Transportation Accidents, Dwayne Johnson, Murder, Libraries
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Ad shows us how far we have to go
Detroit Free PressIt's a commercial hawking breakfast cereal. That's all. And yet with a simple flourish, the presence of an interracial family, the latest Cheerios ad has incited both remarkable hatred and inspiring support. General Mills had to disable comments on...Tags: General Mills Incorporated, Politics, Washington, DC, Racism, ABC (tv network)
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Tea party tempest brewing trouble for GOP
Los Angeles Times (MCT)The tea party is back and is brewing trouble for the Republican establishment. After the GOP debacle in the 2012 election, when Republicans not only failed to win the presidency but blew a chance to take over the Senate, party leaders paused to consider...Tags: Polls, Eric Cantor, Republican Party, Politics, Karl Rove
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NSA call monitoring revealed
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the government's surveillance of Americans' phone records -- hundreds of millions of calls -- in the first hard evidence of a massive data collection program aimed at combating...Tags: National Government, Arab Spring, AOL LLC, Social Media, Politics
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