Name: Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
Born: 1961-8-4, Waikiki, HI
Residence: Chicago, IL
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Religion: Christian
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in Hawaii, where his American mother and Kenyan father met while students at the University of Hawaii. His father returned to Kenya, where he became an official in the economics ministry, when Obama was 2.
He graduated from Columbia University and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He became the first black president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
Complete Biography
November 20, 2008 - ON Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told "60 Minutes" that President Franklin Roosevelt would be a model of sorts for him. "What you see in FDR that I hope my team can...more >
November 20, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said yesterday. The...more >
November 20, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton is willing to give up his multimillion-dollar income from foreign speeches to smooth the way for President-elect Barack Obama to pick his wife, Hillary, as secretary of...more >
November 20, 2008 - CAIRO, Egypt - Al Qaeda's No. 2 slurred Barack Obama as a "house Negro," a demeaning term for a black American who does the bidding of whites, in a Web message yesterday that shows the...more >
November 19, 2008 - NBC is "Making Friends with Black People." Hoping to capitalize on Barack Obama's election, the network is developing a buddy comedy that will focus on race relations. It is based on...more >
November 19, 2008 - STEPHEN Baldwin was just kidding about the promise he made on Fox News to leave the country if Barack Obama was elected president. "The liberal Democrats who didn't get that I was joking...more >
November 19, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Hollywood celebrities are using their sparkle to lure DC powerbrokers to an A-list party celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration - while hitting up corporations and lobby firms for...more >
November 19, 2008 - 'I'M with the government, and I'm here to help you." If that's a laugh line to you, you're not alone: Only 17 percent of Americans have faith in Uncle Sam, the lowest level...more >
November 19, 2008 - THE ISSUE: How George W. Bush's presidency will go down in history. Kyle Smith's article regarding President Bush is right on target ("Fail to the Chiefs," PostScript, Nov. 16)...more >
November 18, 2008 - DEMOCRATS see the road to economic recovery, and it has been bulldozed, flattened out by a road grader and covered with pavement. Barack Obama says a fiscal stimulus will be the top priority of...more >
October 31, 2008 - IF JOE the Plumber were Jawad the Suspected Terrorist, civil-liberties activists would stampede the halls of Congress on his behalf. Liberal columnists would hyperventilate over the outrageous...more >
September 30, 2008 - PEWAUKEE, Wis. - To fully understand why picking Sarah Palin as his running mate gave such a boost to John McCain's stagnant campaign, you have to come here to Buck Rub Outfitters. Under the...more >
August 31, 2008 - DUBLIN, Ohio - Barack Obama is ceding more of the spotlight to Joe Biden - and imploring voters to compare his running mate with Sarah Palin, John McCain's surprise vice-presidential pick...more >
July 31, 2008 - John McCain launched a cheeky attack ad yesterday, mocking Barack Obama as the world's "biggest celebrity" who is as qualified to be president as blond bimbos Britney Spears and Paris...more >
June 30, 2008 - Still struggling to convince evangelical Christians that they can trust him, GOP presidential candidate John McCain met yesterday with longtime presidential spiritual guide Billy Graham. McCain...more >
May 31, 2008 - Americans sure must be wondering about Barack Obama's "spirit" these days - given the wackiness of his spiritual advisers. Turns out the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who calls AIDS a...more >
April 30, 2008 - Barack Obama looked pale and wan at what he called his "big press conference" about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday afternoon. Numb. Chastened. Defeated. Who knew that the greatest...more >
March 31, 2008 - WAY before Barack Obama spoke on race and America - in fact, back before Obama was in high school - Leonard Bernstein composed a similar address. It was "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," the...more >
February 29, 2008 - WASHINGTON - Mayor Bloomberg's decision to remain on the sidelines in the White House contest leaves Barack Obama in a stronger position in November. At first glance, it would seem that a...more >
January 31, 2008 - In her column, "Bill Gone Wild," (PostScript, Jan. 27) Peggy Noonan correctly describes a coming together of conservatives and liberals in viewing the Clintons as "smarmily duplicitous...more >
December 31, 2007 - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Rudy Giuliani's support here has plummeted into the single digits, far lower than the frigid winter temperatures in the Hawkeye State, according to new surveys released...more >
November 29, 2007 - It takes two to tango, and Dick Morris puts it all together in his article, "How Hillary Will Go Negative" (PostOpinion, Nov. 27). Why must we put up with a sequel to the eight years in...more >
October 31, 2007 - PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton stumbled badly at last night's Democratic debate when she repeatedly refused to give a direct answer about whether she supports Gov. Spitzer's plan to...more >
September 30, 2007 - Is it audacious to hope for more clarity from Barack Obama than he has so far supplied? Herewith 17 questions for him: You advocate leaving in Iraq “some” U.S. forces for three missions - fighting al...more >
August 29, 2007 - HAVANA - Hillary Rodham Clinton got a boost yesterday from an unwanted source - Fidel Castro. A column purportedly written by the badly ailing Cuban dictator said that Clinton would likely win the...more >
July 29, 2007 - The Democratic presidential race has devolved into a no-holds-barred battle between the two front-runners on an utterly bizarre point: Should the next president personally sit down with the world'...more >
June 29, 2007 - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the runaway winner over the race's lone black candidate in the Democratic debate, according to groups of African-American voters in Harlem and Washington, D.C. In...more >
May 30, 2007 - THE ISSUE: Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's votes against the Iraq war-funding bill.Both Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama want to be commander in chief, yet both voted...more >
April 30, 2007 - It's time to sked that summer vacation, so this week we're checking out the season's hotspots, as seen by three high-end travel magazines - plus a newbie. They're chockfull of cool...more >
March 30, 2007 - REV. Jesse Jackson is already backing a presidential candidate, Barack Obama - but the Rev. Al Sharpton denies persistent rumors he's throwing his support to Hillary Clinton. "I am...more >
February 28, 2007 - Barack Obama has pushed Hillary Rodham Clinton's poll numbers closer to the red by taking a big bite out of her support among black voters, a new poll shows. Clinton's lead over arch rival...more >
January 31, 2007 - WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has blown past her primary rivals in the 2008 kickoff state of New Hampshire, and bests the field of White House hopefuls in the swing state of Ohio, new polls...more >
December 29, 2006 - Dick Morris' analysis is right on the money - the Democratic Party is not going to nominate an inexperienced freshman senator for president ("Obama's Gift to Clinton," PostOpinion...more >
November 30, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Democratic White House front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has gone into hiding while rising rival Barack Obama dashes off to key battleground states and plans national TV appearances in...more >
October 30, 2006 - WASHINGTON - Round 1 of the much-hyped potential title fight between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination goes to Obama. The charismatic...more >
September 18, 2006 - LAST week I reported Christie Brink ley was serving Peter Cook with pa pers in a first concrete move toward divorce. A little bit it was surprising. Despite his behavior being hurtful and her being...more >
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