Barack Obama

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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. The first African American to hold the office, he served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.

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Barack Obama
A portrait shot of Barack Obama, looking straight ahead. He has short black hair, and is wearing a dark navy blazer with a blue striped tie over a light blue collared shirt. In the background are two flags hanging from separate flagpoles: the American flag, and the flag of the Executive Office of the President.
44th President of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden
Preceded by George W. Bush
United States Senator
from Illinois
In office
January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008
Preceded by Peter Fitzgerald
Succeeded by Roland Burris
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 13th District
In office
January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004
Preceded by Alice Palmer
Succeeded by Kwame Raoul
Personal details
Born Barack Hussein Obama II
August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 50)[1]
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.[2]
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Michelle Robinson (1992–present)
Children Malia (born 1998)
Sasha (born 2001)
Residence White House (Official)
Chicago, Illinois (Private)
Alma mater Occidental College
Columbia University (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Profession Community organizer
Lawyer
Constitutional law professor
Author
Religion Christianity[3]
Signature Barack Obama
Website barackobama.com
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Obama Weighed Religious Politics Before Contraceptive Decision
BusinessWeek - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law mandate to provide contraceptives, even at the risk of alienating Catholic ...
Obama Weighed Religious Politics Before Taking Decision on Contraceptives - Bloomberg - 2 hours, 23 minutes
White House tries to quell birth control storm - Politico - 3 hours, 22 minutes
Obama should drop rule forcing religious institutions to pay for contraception - Spartanburg Herald Journal - 1 hour, 22 minutes
Obama seeks to ease birth-control rule ire - UPI.com - 4 hours, 24 minutes
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In shift, Obama campaign to support Super PAC fundraiser
Reuters - 43 minutes ago
By Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on Monday it would start supporting the struggling Super PAC designed to help Obama ...
President Obama's Super PAC Reluctant Reversal Gives Base Little Pause - Huffington Post - 12 hours, 50 minutes
Democrats Court Big Donor for PAC - Wall Street Journal - 10 hours, 11 minutes
Obama turns to super PAC to compete with GOP cash - Detroit Free Press - 6 hours, 3 minutes
As Super-PACs Rule Campaign, Obama Ducks the Fight Over Their Future: View - Bloomberg - 12 hours, 31 minutes
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President Obama tours White House Science Fair
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 7 hours, 45 minutes ago
COM STAFF US President Barack Obama, alongside 14-year-old Joey Hudy of Phoenix, Arizona, using a pump to increase the pressure prior to launching a marshmallow from Hudy's "Extreme Marshmallow Cannon" during a tour of the White House Science Fair in ...
Obama's inner geek: robots to flying marshmallows - The Associated Press - 12 hours, 45 minutes
Obama plays with robots, flying marshmallows at White House Science Fair - Chicago Sun-Times - 12 hours, 2 minutes
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Designers pitch in to lend glamour _ and some trendy totes _ to Obama re ...
Washington Post - 5 hours, 26 minutes ago
NEW YORK — Can President Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago? Yes it can, says actress Scarlett Johansson — even if it's one designer tote bag at a time. Johansson, dressed in a black-and-sheer Stella McCartney ...
TRENDING: Obama's spring collection - CNN (blog) - 11 hours, 11 minutes
Fashions for Barack Obama: Beyonce, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Wintour on Runway ... - NEWS.com.au - 6 hours, 56 minutes
Obama's Spring Collection - KERO-TV 23 - 4 hours, 32 minutes
Designers lend glamour to Obama - Herald Sun - 7 hours, 15 minutes
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Obama camp to return $200000 in contributions
Chicago Tribune - 9 hours, 35 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign announced Monday that it will return about $200000 raised by two Chicago men whose brother is a fugitive casino owner with suspected ties to political corruption in Mexico. The decision to return the money ...
Obama Campaign Returning Contributions - WPBF West Palm Beach - 4 hours, 26 minutes
Obama Campaign Returning Funds Linked to Mexican Fugitive - Voice of America - 18 hours, 46 minutes
Obama team returning money tied to casino owner - CBS News - 22 hours, 37 minutes
Obama campaign returns funds linked to Mexico fugitive - BBC News - 1 day, 1 hour
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Barrasso: Obama's Keystone Call a 'Terrible Mistake'
NewsMax.com - 4 hours, 29 minutes ago
John Barrasso says President Barack Obama made a “terrible mistake” by blocking the Keystone pipeline and putting “his own political fortunes” ahead of national security. The Wyoming Republican also told Fox News' Neal Cavuto the fact that Canadian ...
Mitt Romney would be better for Canada than Barack Obama, says former US envoy ... - Toronto Star - 13 hours, 52 minutes
Pipeline Plight - Texas A&M The Battalion - 6 hours, 55 minutes
Keystone and the Unions - American Spectator - 1 day, 1 hour
API: Keystone critics are like North Korea - UPI.com - 1 day, 23 hours
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Obama has slight edge over Romney in new Virginia poll
Washington Post (blog) - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Woman favor Obama 52 percent to 40 percent, while men back Romney 47 percent to 43 percent. “For the first time since Quinnipiac University began polling Virginia voters on the race, President Barack Obama holds a razor-thin lead over Gov.
Obama Inches Past Romney In Virginia Presidential Race - Democratic Underground - 43 minutes
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In Denver, Romney uses Obama's 2008 convention speech against him
CBS News - 6 hours, 6 minutes ago
The remarks he referenced were not his own, but those of then-candidate Barack Obama, as he accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party in August 2008. Romney reminded the crowd that in that speech, Mr. Obama had said that the Democrats measured ...
Santorum Targets Romney, Obama in Victory Speech - Wall Street Journal (blog) - 8 hours, 48 minutes
Santorum wins big in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, but Barack Obama is the ... - The Week UK - 2 hours, 4 minutes
Obama Doesn't Name Names in Starting Campaign Against Romney - San Francisco Chronicle - 23 hours, 52 minutes
Santorum: I'm 'the Conservative Alternative to Barack Obama' - National Review Online (blog) - 8 hours, 39 minutes
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