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Barack Hussein Obama II  President-elect of the United States  Taking office January 20, 2009: Succeeding: George W. Bush  Junior Senator from Illinois & Incumbent Assumed office January 4, 2005  Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th district In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004  Born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.  Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama II  Political party: Democratic Party  Spouse Michelle Obama (m. 1992)  Children: Malia Ann (b. 1998); Sasha (b. 2001)  Residence: Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois  Alma mater: Occidental College, Columbia University, Harvard Law School  Profession: Attorney, Politician  Religion: United Church of Christ

Early life and career  Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham met in 1960 while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was a foreign student.  The couple married February 2,  They separated when Obama was two years old and subsequently divorced in  Obama's father returned to Kenya and saw his son only once more before dying in an automobile accident in  After her divorce, Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, and the family moved to Soetoro's home country of Indonesia in  Ann returned to Hawaii in 1972 for several years, and then in 1977 went back to Indonesia, where she worked as an anthropological field worker.  She stayed there most of the rest of her life, returning to Hawaii in She died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

Early life and career Barack Hussein Obama Sr.Ann Dunham

Early life and career Obama: the toddler

Early life and career Obama: the baseball player

Early life and career Toothless Obama

Early life and career Obama with his grandpa

Early life and career Ten-year-old Obama spending Christmas with his parents

Early life and career Mother, stepfather and half sister

Early life and career  Obama lived with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham in Hawaii.

Early life and career Obama with his grandparents

Early life and career Obama and his fraternal grandmother

Early life and career Pensive Obama

Early life and career Young Obama with his Kenyan family

Early life and career Barack with Punahou basketball team

Early life and career Barack and friends

Early life and career Young Obama looks to the future

Early life and career  Education background  Obama attended local schools in Jakarta until he was ten years old  attended Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his graduation from high school in  : studied at Occidental College of Los Angeles for two years  : transferred to Columbia College in New York City, and majored in political science (BA)  Five-year work experience  1988: 1991: Obama entered Harvard Law School and awarded A Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree

State legislator, 1997 – 2004  State legislator, 1997 – 2004  Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in  Obama was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998, and again in  In 2000, he lost a Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives.  In 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate, police representatives credited Obama for his active engagement with police organizations in enacting death penalty reforms.  Obama resigned from the Illinois Senate in November 2004 following his election to the US Senate.

U.S. Senator, from 2005  Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 4,  Obama was the fifth African-American Senator in U.S. history.  He is the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus.  The National Journal ranked him as the "most liberal" senator based on an assessment of selected votes during  In 2005 he was ranked sixteenth, and in 2006 he was ranked tenth. In 2008, he was ranked by Congress.org as the eleventh most powerful Senator.

2008 Presidential Campaign On June 3, 2008 gained the primary election and became the Democratic candidate for Presidency. Obama invited Senator Biden as his vice president candidate.

2008 Presidential Campaign

Senator Obama vs. Senator McCain

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Results of 2008 Presidential Election Obama 365:162 McCain

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Obama and Biden

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Family

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Family

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Family

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Couple and the Second Couple

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Couple and the Second Couple

Results of 2008 Presidential Election The First Lady: Mitchell Obama

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Obama and Mitchell

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Obama and Mitchell

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Obama and Mitchell

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Two daughters: Malia Ann (b. 1998); Sasha (b. 2001)

Results of 2008 Presidential Election Two daughters: Malia Ann (b. 1998); Sasha (b. 2001)

Results of 2008 Presidential Election

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Results of 2008 Presidential Election McCain ’ s Concession Speech Text

Results of 2008 Presidential Election

Political Positions of Obama  Was an early opponent of the Bush administration ’ s policies on Iraq.  Called for a “ phased redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq ” and an opening of diplomatic dialogue with Syria and Iran.  Called for an outward looking post-Iraq War foreign policy and the renewal of American military, diplomatic, and moral leadership in the world. Saying “ we can neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission, ” he called on Americans to “ lead the world, by deed and by example. ”  Stated that if elected he would enact budget cuts in the range of tens of billions of dollars, stop investing in “ unproven ” missile defense systems, not “ weaponize ” space, “ slow development of Future Combat Systems, ” and work towards eliminating all nuclear weapons.

Political Positions of Obama  Defended the New Deal social welfare policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and opposed Republican proposals to establish private accounts for Social Security.  Said he supports universal health care in the United States.  Promised to reward teachers for performance from traditional merit pay systems, assuring unions that changes would be pursued through the collective bargaining process.  Planned to eliminate taxes for senior citizens with incomes of less than $50,000 a year, repeal income tax cuts for those making over $250,000 as well as the capital gains and dividends tax cut, close corporate tax loopholes, lift the income cap on Social Security taxes, restrict offshore tax havens, and simplify filing of income tax returns by pre-filling wage and bank information.  Proposed a cap and trade auction system to restrict carbon emissions and a ten year program of investments in new energy sources to reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil.  Proposed that all pollution credits must be auctioned, with no grandfathering of credits for oil and gas companies, and the spending of the revenue obtained on energy development and economic transition costs.

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