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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CORRECTED-White House threatens veto of bill to bypass Obama on Keystone
Reuters(Corrects to 67 from 60 the votes needed in Senate to overcome presidential veto) By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The White House has threatened to veto legislation pending in the U.S House of Representatives that could strip from President...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army, Global Warming
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Tax official at center of scandal won't testify: lawyer
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional...Tags: Lawyers, Republican Party, Internal Revenue Service, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
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Oklahoma tornado: Governor vows to rebuild, 'regain our strength'
MOORE, Oklahoma -- Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights combed through the wreckage left by a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of schools, homes and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb. The massive...
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Right now, focus is where it should be: on the victims
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe following editorial appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday, May 22: There may well be policy issues that need to be dealt with in the aftermath of the tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., on Monday, but right now the focus is...Tags: The Salvation Army, Briarwood, American Red Cross, Newspaper and Magazine, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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WRAPUP 1-IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Photography Supplies and Services, Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Internal Revenue Service
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Turkey eyes oil, gas deals with Iraqi Kurdistan in 2013
ReutersANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey is looking to sign commercial contracts this year with Russian and U.S. companies operating in northern Iraq for joint oil and gas exploration, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters. "We are likely to be...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Iraq, Petroleum Industry, Ankara (Turkey), Turkey
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L.A. Mayor Race Tight in Early Returns
VarietyLos Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel, a former Dreamworks executive, and city councilman Eric Garcetti, whose district includes much of Hollywood proper, were vying to become the city's next mayor after campaigns that drew heavily on showbiz support....Tags: Michael Eisner, Wendy Greuel, Bill Clinton, J.J. Abrams, Politics
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The buck stops short
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- In the pell-mell rush in some quarters to equate the IRS scandal with Watergate, a question that featured prominently in the latter is bubbling up. That would be then-Sen. Howard Baker's query about Richard Nixon: "What did the president...Tags: Ronald Reagan, U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Richard Nixon, U.S. Congress
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Obama's 'idiot' defense
Jonah GoldbergAlthough there's still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the surf, the nature of President Obama's bind is becoming clear. The best defenses of his...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), CBS Corp., Woodrow Wilson, Human Mishaps, Government
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...
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Dollar declines vs euro before Bernanke testimony
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell against the euro for a third day on Wednesday as investors trimmed their bets on the currency before testimony from the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke, who testifies to Congress at 10:00 a.m....Tags: United Nations, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Germany, Real Estate Sellers, Economy
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open higher ahead of Fed minutes, Bernanke
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher on Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue with its monetary easing policy, ahead of the release of minutes of its May meeting and testimony from U.S. Federal...Tags: Sears Canada Inc., U.S. House of Representatives, Talisman Energy Incorporated, Loblaw Companies Limited, Ben Bernanke
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