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'''Barack Hussein Obama''' (b. 4 August 1961) is the junior Senator from [[Illinois]], elected to the United States Senate as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2004.  He is, as of 2007, the only [[African American]] serving in the [[United States Senate]], where he serves his first term.

'''Barack Hussein Obama''' (b. 4 August 1961) is the junior Senator from [[Illinois]], elected to the United States Senate as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in 2004.  He is, as of 2007, the only [[African American]] serving in the [[United States Senate]], where he serves his first term.

[[Image:obama.jpg|thumb|right|Senator Barack Obama]] Some also refer to him as Black Jesus.

[[Image:obama.jpg|thumb|right|Senator Barack Obama]]

Thankfully lacking of military, executive or foreign policy corruption, he is currently a [[liberal]] favorite for the Democratic Nomination for [[President of the United States]] in the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 election]].  He has no clear personal achievement that cannot be explained as the likely result of [[affirmative action]].  Some examples border on the absurd: Obama has no background in [[physics]], yet it is claimed that "Obama analyzed and integrated [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity]], the [[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]], as well as the concept of curved space as an alternative to [[gravity]], for a Law Review article that Tribe [for whom Obama worked as a research assistant] wrote titled, 'The Curvature of Constitutional Space.'" <ref>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.harvard.2.334825.html</ref>

Despite a lack of military, executive or foreign policy experience, he is currently a [[liberal]] favorite for the Democratic Nomination for [[President of the United States]] in the [[2008 Presidential Election|2008 election]].  He has no clear personal achievement that cannot be explained as the likely result of [[affirmative action]].  Some examples border on the absurd: Obama has no background in [[physics]], yet it is claimed that "Obama analyzed and integrated [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]]'s [[theory of relativity]], the [[Heisenberg uncertainty principle]], as well as the concept of curved space as an alternative to [[gravity]], for a Law Review article that Tribe [for whom Obama worked as a research assistant] wrote titled, 'The Curvature of Constitutional Space.'" <ref>http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/barack.obama.harvard.2.334825.html</ref>

==Early Life and Education==

==Early Life and Education==

Senator Obama was born in Honolulu, [[Hawaii]] to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham in 1961.  In 1967 he moved to Jakarta, [[Indonesia]] with his mother and new stepfather.  He attended an Indonesian Public School followed by a [[Catholic]] school until he returned with his mother to Hawaii.  There he attended the Punahou School, a private preparatory school until 1979, the year of his graduation.<br /><br />

Senator Obama was born in Honolulu, [[Hawaii]] to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham in 1961.  In 1967 he moved to Jakarta, [[Indonesia]] with his mother and new stepfather.  He attended an Indonesian Public School followed by a [[Catholic]] school until he returned with his mother to Hawaii.  There he attended the Punahou School, a private preparatory school until 1979, the year of his graduation.<br /><br />