Barack Obama
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First on the Ticker: Obama enlists Hollywood in new health care ad...that will air nationally, a DNC official tells CNN. The contest is being run by Obama's political arm - Organizing for America - which is housed at DNC headquarters in Washington, DC. It is the latest effort by the president's political...
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CNN | December 30, 2007
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Superman swoops in to defend Obama « - Blogs from CNN.com
...has NO CLUE when it comes to what it really takes to run a a Govenment. Hillary Clinton was meeting world leaders when Obama was still smoking pot in College. The heck with Obama and Routh, a bad senator and a bad actor, they really go...
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MSNBC.com | December 31, 2007
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...the Iowa caucuses this Thursday night. WASHINGTON, DC aEUR" United States Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his ability to unite the nation to get things done. Actor and Iowa native Brandon Routh is...
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CBS News | January 19, 2009
Stars, Regular Folks Heed Obama's Call To Service
...responded to our call," said David Blair, a 48-year-old volunteer in Miami. And the stars who poured into Washington to see Obama's inauguration pitched in, too. Usher helped build shelves at a school library in southeast Washington with...
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Des Moines Register: Iowa Caucuses 08 | September 26, 2008
Superman star to Iowa: Vote Obama DesMoinesRegister.com The Des Moines Register
It s a very funny film and actually very heartwarming, Routh said. The Obama campaign is targeting college-age voters with the help of Routh and other Hollywood stars. On Saturday, actors Demi Moore and her husband Ashton Kutcher, who is...
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Des Moines Register: Iowa Caucuses 08 | September 27, 2008
Ashton & Demi to Iowa: Vote Obama DesMoinesRegister.com The Des Moines Register
...said to a screaming crowd of more than 300 students at Grinnell College. The Obama campaign is targeting college-age voters with the help Hollywood types. Norwalk native Brandon Routh, who played Superman in the 2006 flick Superman...
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Des Moines Register: Iowa Caucuses 08 | September 26, 2008
Iowan Routh crusades for Obama DesMoinesRegister.com The Des Moines Register
...do what I could to make the world a better place for them, and I felt that Senator Obama is the president that could do that," said Routh, a Democrat. Dressed in jeans, an Obama T-shirt and flip-flops, Routh spoke to about 55 students at...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Barack Hussein Obama II (IPA: /Barack-Hussein-Obama-en-US-pronunciation.ogg/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office, as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
He began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. On October 9, 2009, Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Name At Birth:
- Barack Hussein Obama II
- Birth Date:
- August 04, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Religion:
- Christian
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
- Michelle Obama
- Residence:
- The White House (official) Chicago, Illinois (private)
- University Attended:
- Occupation:
- Constitutional law Professor
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Vice President:
- Joe Biden
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