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Barack Hussein Obama
Born - August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) [age 47]Nationality - American
Political party - Democratic
Spouse - Michelle Obama [married 1992]
Children - Malia Ann [age10], Natasha ("Sasha") [age07]
Profession- Attorny, Politician
Religion - Christian(United Church of Christ)
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Obama Change his Residence
Applying the proceeds of a book deal,
the family moved in 2005 from a Hyde
Park, Chicago condominium to their
current $1.6 million house in neighboring
Kenwood.The purchase of an adjacent lot
and sale of part of it to Obama by the wife
of developer and friend Toni Rezko attracted
media attention because of Rezko's indictment
and subsequent convictionon political
corruption charges that were unrelated to
Obama.
the family moved in 2005 from a Hyde
Park, Chicago condominium to their
current $1.6 million house in neighboring
Kenwood.The purchase of an adjacent lot
and sale of part of it to Obama by the wife
of developer and friend Toni Rezko attracted
media attention because of Rezko's indictment
and subsequent convictionon political
corruption charges that were unrelated to
Obama.
A Good Sportsman
Obama plays basketball, a sport he participated
in as a member of his high school's varsity team.
in as a member of his high school's varsity team.
Followers
Obama entered Harvard Law School in late 1988.
He published Dreams from My Father in mid-1995 .
Beginning in 1992, Obama taught constitutional law
at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve
years, being first classified as a Lecturer from 1992
to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996
to 2004.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996.
Obama was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998,
and again in 2002.
In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the
Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services
Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the
minority, regained a majority.
In mid-2002, Obama began considering a run for
the U.S. Senate; he enlisted political strategist
David Axelrod that fall and formally announced
his candidacy in January 2003.
Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 4,
2005.
Obama was the fifth African American Senator in
U.S. history, and the third to have been
popularly elected.
He is the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
He published Dreams from My Father in mid-1995 .
Beginning in 1992, Obama taught constitutional law
at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve
years, being first classified as a Lecturer from 1992
to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996
to 2004.
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996.
Obama was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998,
and again in 2002.
In January 2003, Obama became chairman of the
Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services
Committee when Democrats, after a decade in the
minority, regained a majority.
In mid-2002, Obama began considering a run for
the U.S. Senate; he enlisted political strategist
David Axelrod that fall and formally announced
his candidacy in January 2003.
Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 4,
2005.
Obama was the fifth African American Senator in
U.S. history, and the third to have been
popularly elected.
He is the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus.