Barack Hussein Obama II: Born Aug 04, 1961 in Honolulu ( Hawaii).
Father:
Barack Obama Sr., from Kenya (E. Africa)
Mother:
Ann Dunham, a White American from Wichita, Kansas.
Wife:
Michelle Robinson, Black American Lawyer.
Children: Malia Ann (daughter)
Natasha (daughter)
Income: Obama family's net worth = $1.3 million.
Tax return states net household income = $4.2 million in 2007
$1 million in 2006
$1.6 million in 2005
The Increase is caused by book sales.
Books: Dreams from my Father
The Audacity of Hope.
Education: Graduate from Columbia University
and Harvard Law School
President of Harvard Law Review.
Profession:
Teacher of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Also practiced as a
civil rights attorney.
Illinois Senator 1996, re-elected 1998, 2002
Chairman, Illinois Senate's Health & Human Services Committee at2003.
Cooperated with the state police to enact death penalty reforms 2004.
Delivers the Keynote Address, July 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston. Resigns from Illinois Senate Nov.2004
Spoke about changing US socio economic policies in regard to war. Challenges Bush's Iraq war. Reminds of obligations to US soldiers.
In Jan 2005, he is sworn to US senate. He is the
5th African American senator in US history. Loyal Democrat.
Acts:
Energy policy act 2005
Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act
Secure Fence act 2006
Lugar–Obama or,
Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction act
Coburn–Obama Transparency Act.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act '07
Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007
Amendment to Defense Authorization Act
Iran Sanctions Enabling Act
Final Status:
2008 Presidential Election nominee of the Democratic Party
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Regarding Obama's political rise, Author Debra J. Dickerson (End of Blackness) heeds against drawing "fancy" conclusions about America's cultural "progress". She says, "Lumping us all together, erases the significance of slavery and
continuing racism while giving the
appearance of progress."
Funny quotes from
Obama himself:
1) "... When we get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving, it's like a little mini-United Nations."
2) "
I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look like Margaret Thatcher!"
