Barack+Obama

"Barack Obama." __A&E Television Networks__ 3. 26 Jan 2009 .
 * raise fuel efficiency standards APH
 * grant states the authority to limit auto emissions APH
 * Barack Hussein Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii APH
 * parents separated when he was two years old and later divorced APH
 * attended schools in Jakarta, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language APH
 * four years later at the age of 10 he returned to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents APH
 * later his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995 APH
 * Punahou Academy, graduating with honors in 1979 APH
 * one of three black students at the school APH
 * first became conscious of racism and what it meant to be an African–American APH
 * saw his biological father only once in 1971 before he died in a 1982 car accidentin APH
 * admitted using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during his teenage years APH
 * studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years APH
 * transferred to Columbia University in New York APH
 * graduating in 1983 with a degree in political science APH
 * Obama moved to Chicago in 1985 APH
 * worked as a community organizer with low-income residents in Chicago’s Roseland community APH
 * Harvard Law School in 1988 APH
 * February 1990 elected the first African–American editor of the Harvard Law Review APH
 * graduated magna cum laude in 1991 APH
 * returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer APH
 * joining the firm of Miner, Barnhill & Galland APH
 * taught at the University of Chicago Law School APH
 * helped organize voter registration drives during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign APH
 * published an autobiography in 1995 //Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance// APH
 * won a Grammy for the audio version of the book APH
 * led him to run for the Illinois State Senate as a Democrat APH
 * elected in 1996 from the south side neighborhood of Hyde Park APH
 * expanded health care services and early childhood education programs for the poor APH
 * created a state earned-income tax credit for the working poor APH
 * number of inmates on death row were found innocent APH
 * worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases APH
 * spoke against a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq during a rally at Chicago’s Federal Plaza in October 2002 APH
 * "I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars," he said. "What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne." APH
 * decided to run for the U.S. Senate open seat vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald APH
 * 2004 Democratic primary, he won 52% of the vote, defeating multimillionaire businessman Blair Hull and Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes APH
 * Nov. 2004 general election Obama received 70% of the vote to Keyes's 27%, the largest electoral victory in Illinois history APH
 * only the third African-American elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction APH
 * Partners on a bill that expanded efforts to destroy weapons of mass destruction in Eastern Europe and Russia APH
 * created a website that tracks all federal spending APH
 * first to raise the threat of avian flu on the Senate floor, spoke out for victims of Hurricane Katrina APH
 * pushed for alternative energy development and championed improved veterans´ benefits APH
 * second book published in october 2006, //The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream// APH
 * November 4th, 2008, Obama defeated Republican presidential nominee John McCain for the position of U.S. President APH
 * 44th president of the United States APH

"Some of Barack Obama’s accomplishments." April 16, 2008 1. 27 Jan 2009 http://unastronaut.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/some-of-barack-obamas-accomplishments/.
 * He sponsored more then 800 bills while in the illinois senate APH
 * These are all the bills that was established under obamas rain as senator in Illinois

__Health care - sponsered 233 bills__ __Proverty and Public Assistance - sponsered 125 bills__ __Crime - sponsered 112 bills__ __Civil Rights - sponsered 60 bills__ __Ethics - sponsered 20 bills__ __Immigrations - sponsered 1 bill__
 * in 1999 a bill was established to amend the ability to have universal helth coverage this bill was not passed APH
 * In 2003 a bill was established that wouls take measures to extend health care coverage to those just above the federal poverty line and it was passed APH
 * in 2004 a bill that wouls establish a commission to develop a planfor providing universal health care in illinois-passed APH
 * In 2005 a bill that would stop embryonic stem cell research was not denied
 * 1997 a bill that would start a long-term study of welfare success rates, making this information open to the public was passed
 * 1999 this bill would provide job skills training to those who have federal aid was passed
 * 1997 a bill was passedto establish a program to help julvenile offenders re-interated into the community after their sentence
 * 2003 a bill that requires all police to videotape interrigations of criminal suspects passed
 * in 2003 a bill that would initiate a study of the racae of people stopped for traffic violations this was paired with the bill that allowed officers to stop cars for seat belt violations these were passed
 * in 2005 a bill that would band discrimination based on sexual orientation was not passed
 * In 1998 a bill was passed that would ban nearly all gifts by lobbyists and barred the personal use of campaign money
 * In 2003 a bill was passed that would put all state inspectors to investigate ethics violations
 * In 2005 a bill that would create publics funding for supreme court races was declined
 * In 2003 a bill was made to create an office of imigrant assistance to provide education and outreach services

"Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan for Universal Voluntary Public Service." __Service__ 1. 28 Jan 2009 http://www.barackobama.com/issues/service/ __Expanding Corporation for National and Community Service__ __Engage Retiring Americans in Service on a Large Scale__ __Expand the Peace Corps__ __Expand Service-Learning in Our Nation's Schools__ __Expand YouthBuild Program__ __Require 100 Hours of Service in College__
 * expand AmeriCorps from 75,000 slots today to 250,000
 * Clean Energy Corps to conduct weatherization and renewable energy projects
 * Health Corps to improve public health outreach
 * Veterans Corps to assist veterans at hospitals,nursing homes and homeless shelters
 * Homeland Security Corps to help communities plan
 * Older Americans have a wide range of skills and knowledge to contribute
 * expand and improve programs that connect individuals over the age of 55 to quality volunteer opportunities
 * will double the Peace Corps to 16,000 by 2011
 * All middle and high school students have to do more then 50 hours of community service
 * Create a Green Corps create an energy-focused youth jobs program to provide disadvantaged youth with service opportunities weatherizing buildings and getting practical experience in fast-growing career fields
 * gives disadvantaged young people the chance to complete their high school education
 * learn valuable skills and build affordable housing in their communities
 * grow the program so that 50,000 low-income young people a year
 * learn construction job skills and complete high school
 * establish a new American Opportunity Tax Credit that is worth $4,000 a year in exchange for 100 hours of public service a year

"Barack Hussein Obama." 2 February 2009 1. 3 Feb 2009 http://conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama. __The first muslim president??.....__ Senate Foreign Relations commity
 * Obama's background, education, and outlook are Muslim, and fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity.
 * Obama's middle name (Hussein) references **Husayn**, who was the grandson of Muhammad,which most Christians would not retain
 * Obama recently mentioned his religion as "my Muslim faith."
 * Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset," and recited "with a first-class Arabic accent" the opening lines: Allah is Supreme! ... I witness that there is no god but Allah ...."
 * Obama stated that the autobiography of Malcolm X, a Nation of Islam leader who became a Muslim, inspired him in his youth.
 * Obama raised nearly $1 million and campaigned for a Kenyan presidential candidate who had a written agreement with Muslim leaders promising to convert Kenya to an Islamic state that bans Christianity.
 * Obama's claims of conversion to Christianity arose after he became politically ambitious, lacking a date of conversion or baptism.
 * On the campaign trail, Obama was reading "The Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria, which is written from a Muslim point-of-view.
 * Contrary to Christianity, the Islamic doctrine of taqiyya encourages adherents to deny they are Muslim if it advances the cause of Islam.
 * Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for "Pakistan" rather than the common American one.
 * Obama was thoroughly exposed to Christianity as an adult in Chicago prior to attending law school, yet no one at law school saw him display any interest in converting. Obama unabashedly explained how he became "churched" in a 2007 speech: "It's around that time [while working as an organizer for the Developing Communities Project (DCP) of the Calumet Community Religious Conference (CCRC) in Chicago] that some pastors I was working with came around and asked if I was a member of a church. 'If you're organizing churches,' they said, 'it might be helpful if you went to a church once in a while.' And I thought, 'I guess that makes sense.'"
 * Obama is mentioned as helping to organize the 1995 million man march led by black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan from the Nation of Islam.
 * Obama has chosen the Secret Service code name "Renegade". "Renegade" conventionally describes someone who goes against normal conventions of behavior, but its first usage was to describe someone who has turned from their religion. It is a word derived from the Spanish //renegado//, meaning "Christian turned Muslim."
 * Obama enjoyed a bigger increase in voter support in 2008 (compared to 2004) by Muslims than by any other voting group, including blacks; "Muslim turnout in the U.S. elections reached 95 percent, the highest Muslim turnout in U.S. history."
 * "President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend [Sunday] church services since winning the White House earlier ..., a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors."
 * In February 2008, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Obama's proposal on a new strategy to reduce poverty throughout the world.
 * Obama worked with Sen. Lugar writing legislation aimed at improving conventional and nuclear non-proliferation efforts. This legislation was signed by President Bush in January 2008.
 * In June 2007 the Senate passed his resolution condemning violence by the Zimbabwe government. It also passed legislation co-sponsored by Obama that financed a Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute former Liberian President Charles Taylor.