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
October 12, 2008 - Red right or big Blue? No voting consensus in Giants locker room As the presidential race revs up, political conversations in NFL locker rooms echo those in workplaces nationwide. Taxes. Economy...more >
October 12, 2008 - Friends like these "Why in the world was Barack Obama still communicating on the phone or via e-mail with Bill Ayers up until 2005 - when in 2001 Ayers gave widely publicized interviews...more >
October 12, 2008 - John McCain blew it. Barack Obama will win the election, and there may be nothing that McCain can do to stop it. This isn't just what liberals are saying. It's what conservatives are...more >
October 12, 2008 - Democrats, increasingly confident that Barack Obama will win the presidency, are likely to call Congress back to work after the election to get a jump on passing an economic-stimulus package before...more >
October 12, 2008 - O'jahnae Smith is ready and registered to vote this November. There's only one problem: She's 7 years old. The Connecticut girl is 11 years too young - and nobody in her family knows...more >
October 12, 2008 - Barack Obama and Sarah Palin traded barbs on abortion and the economy at dueling Pennsylvania rallies yesterday, even as both campaigns made an effort to dial down the invective ahead of Wednesday...more >
October 11, 2008 - Ohio. Nevada. Connecticut. Indiana. Michigan. Missouri. New Mexico. North Carolina. Wisconsin. That's the list of states where investigations are under way into allegations of fraud in the...more >
October 11, 2008 - HERE'S a wake-up call for a nation at war: We've had all but one of the presidential debates, plus the veep debate - without once hearing the words "Islamic terrorism." Seven...more >
October 11, 2008 - THE ISSUE: Barack Obama's ties to the controversial activist group ACORN. Your headline says it all ("Vote-Fraud-A-Go-Go," Editorial, Oct. 9). What would ACORN be able to pull off...more >
October 11, 2008 - Fresh reports of voter registration irregularities involving ACORN cropped up from Florida to Pennsylvania yesterday - as John McCain's campaign tried to link Barack Obama to the activities of...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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