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Barack Obama

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.

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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.
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    May 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  1. Senate panel approves immigration bill

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...

    Tags: Employees, Chuck Schumer, Politics, Elections, Republican Party

  2. May 17, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  3. House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

    ALAN FRAM,Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's improper use of tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the Obama administration, a top House Republican said...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, FBI, Sandy Levin, Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury

  4. May 15, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  5. Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, National Security, Osama bin Laden, Chuck Schumer, Terrorism

  6. May 15, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  7. Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...

    Tags: Jim Jordan, Judges, Tea Party Movement, Criminals, FBI

  8. May 15, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  9. DOCUMENTS: White House releases trove of Benghazi emails

    WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the public, according to emails released Wednesday by the White House.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points the Obama administration used after the deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, because he wanted to see more details revealed to the...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, FBI, David Petraeus, Libya, U.S. Department of State

  10. May 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  11. GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016. Strategists in...

    Tags: Terrorism, Libya, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State

  12. May 4, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  13. Philly abortion murder trial has national impact

    For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...

    Tags: Health, Kermit Gosnell, Standards, New York City, Politics

  14. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  15. Elkhart sheriff won't enforce future gun laws

    ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — The Elkhart County sheriff told gun rights supporters at a weekend rally that he won't enforce any future laws that infringe on the public's right to bear arms. Sheriff Bradley Rogers told about 200 people, many of whom held...

    Tags: Tea Party Movement, Politics, Civil Rights, U.S. Congress, Gun Control

  16. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast
  17. FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it — an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the...

    Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Judges, Food and Drug Administration, Health Treatments, Birth Control

  18. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  19. 'Obama' -- the 'Lincoln' spoof

    <span style="font-size: small;">President Obama plays actor Daniel Day Lewis playing President Obama in this sketch for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner:</span>
    President Obama plays actor Daniel Day Lewis playing President Obama in this sketch for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner:

    Tags: White House

  20. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  21. UPDATE: Guilty verdicts in petition fraud trial

    <span style="font-size: small;">Guilty on all counts -- A jury convicted Butch Morgan and Dustin Blythe of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's 2008 primary Ballot. Morgan headed up the St. Joseph County Democratic Party and Blythe worked in the registration office. It took the jury just 3 and a half hours to reach a verdict.</span>
    Guilty on all counts -- A jury convicted Butch Morgan and Dustin Blythe of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's 2008 primary Ballot. Morgan headed up the St. Joseph County Democratic Party and Blythe worked in the...

    Tags: Prosecution

  22. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  23. UPDATE: 2nd day of testimony in petition fraud trial

    <span style="font-size: small;">It was day two of the petition fraud trial today at the St. Joseph County Courthouse.</span>
    It was day two of the petition fraud trial today at the St. Joseph County Courthouse. Butch Morgan and Dustin Blythe are accused of being involved in forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana`s 2008 primary ballot. The...

    Tags: Justice System, Politics, Primaries, Trials, Elections

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