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Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the President-elect of the United States of America and the junior United States Senator from Illinois.Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.[5] Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate in January 2003. After a primary victory in March 2004, Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004 with 70 percent of the vote.
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Twitter Flooded with Sharp Comments in Regard to President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win Barrack Obama, the President of United States of America has been declared as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Obama will be award the prestigious prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. ...

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Leaving Afghanistan not an option, White House says - Summary
Washington - Withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan is not among the options under consideration by US President Barack Obama as he outlines a new strategy for the conflict. I don't think we have the option to leave, White House spokesman Robert Gi...
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:41:13 GMT
Obama acknowledges danger of double-dip recession if deficit grows
Washington - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was mindful of the dangers brought on by the country's skyrocketing budget deficit, warning that too much spending could lead the United States into another recession. Obama, who has taken heavy c...
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:28:27 GMT
President Obama wins surprise Nobel Peace Prize - Summary
Oslo - The announcement of US President Barack Obama as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for extraordinary efforts to strengthe...
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:46:53 GMT
Not everbody sees the humour in annual Halloween fright fest - Feature
Los Angeles - From costumes of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff to masks of a vampirish Barack Obama, America is preparing its annual ghoulish take on reality for Halloween. But not everyone is laughing at some of the costumes for the October 31 fest...
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:28:37 GMT
Obama to slash executive pay as watchdog slams bail-out - Summary
Washington - US President Barack Obama is expected to force a drastic cut in executive salaries at companies receiving government bail-outs, as a watchdog report on Wednesday slammed the administration's handling of the rescue effort to date. The Tre...
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:22:47 GMT
Japan congratulates Obama on peace prize win
Tokyo - Japan welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama on FridayPrime Minister Yukio Hatoyama he was really pleased at Obama's win and wanted to congratulate him from the heart, the Kyodo news agency reported. ...
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:35:05 GMT

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