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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Obama's "Champion of Change" Visits New Britain
A woman called a "Champion of Change" by President Barack Obama has visited New Britian to lend advice about the problem of chronic absenteeism in school. On March 20th, national school attendance authority Hedy Chang, in cooperation with the New...
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Upcoming Parenting Conference At The JCC
The Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford is hosting it's 5th Annual Parenting Conference on March 17th from 9:30am to 12:00pm. The talk will feature best-selling author Dr. Madeline Levine, who wrote, "Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic...
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Germany¿s Federal Foreign Office: Obama vs. Romney
Our group of RIAS Berlin Kommission Fellows was afforded the tremendous opportunity to visit the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and listen to a speech from Mr. David Schwake, Deputy Director for the transatlantic cooperation at the office. Schwake...
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Ann Romney Targets Moms In Speech
No matter what you think of her husband's politics, Ann Romney certainly gave a charismatic speech in Tampa at the GOP National Convention last night. And, wow, did she ever target us moms. Articles and quotes are all over the internet this morning,...
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The Loop Ten: 5-20-13
St. Paul Pioneer PressOur daily countdown of the top newsmakers, groundbreakers and world-class fakers. 1. Three-hour rain delays The only thing worse: a three-hour rain delay with a two-hour showing of "The Sandlot." (previous ranking: unranked) 2. Powerball If you're...Tags: Houston Astros, Donovan McNabb, Kristen Stewart, Brett Favre, Mike Goodson
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Yen edges up on minister's comments, could dip again
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The yen rose from a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the country's currency might have weakened enough, leading some investors to cut hefty bets against it. The dollar fell 0.6...Tags: Currency Values, Economic Indicator, Australia, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets
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DeCoatsworth: From worthy to worthless?
Philadelphia Daily NewsToday on PhillyDailyNews.com: View an interactive timeline looking back at the troubled career of former Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth. IN 2008, AFTER the sentencing of a man who shot him in the face, Richard DeCoatsworth, who was then a Philly...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prostitution, Prisons, Sex Crimes, U.S. Congress
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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
Reuters* Myanmar president in first visit to Washington * Concern about rights abuses in ethnic conflict * Washington wants to foster ally on China's border By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between...Tags: Energy Resources, Crime, Law and Justice, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Politics, U.S. Department of State
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READER SUBMITTED: Cheshire Student Named One Of 141 U.S. Presidential Scholars
StatewideU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced May 14, the selection of Aneri Pattani of Cheshire, who attends Cheshire High School in Cheshire, as a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Pattani is one of 141 outstanding American high school seniors that...Tags: Cheshire, White House, Students, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest
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Wayne Brady takes on Bill Maher's definition of blackness
Comedy — as Steve Martin once observed — is not pretty. Nor are racial stereotypes. We were reminded of both last week when comic Wayne Brady verbally pimp-slapped fellow funnyman Bill Maher during a HuffPost Live interview. In recent...
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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S....Tags: U.S. Military, Politics, Pakistan, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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GOP ticket stumps in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH — A day after a late-running, closely-watched convention, the top three members of the state GOP ticket campaigned together for the first time. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the gubernatorial nominee, nominee for lieutenant ...
Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Politics, Mark D. Obenshain, Elections, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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