Obama (disambiguation) November 21, 2008

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barack Obama (born 1961) is an Illinois senator and the president-elect of the United States.

Obama may also refer to:

 

Locations

• Obama, Fukui, a city in Japan
• Obama, Nagasaki, a former town in Japan
  • Obama Onsen, an onsen (hot spring) located in Obama, Nagasaki
• Obama Domain, a feudal domain in Edo-period Japan
• Obama Castle (Fukui), the castle from which the Obama Domain was governed
• Obama Castle (Mutsu), a mountain castle in the former Mutsu Province in Japan

 

Surnames

• Obama, an African (Luo) surname
• Obama (小浜), a Japanese surname meaning literally meaning “Little Beach”
• Obama clan (小浜氏), a samurai clan of feudal Japan

Transportation

• Obama Line, a railroad line operated by West Japan Railway Company
  • Obama Station, a train station on the Obama Line
  • Higashi-Obama Station, a train station on the Obama Line
• Obama Nishi Interchange, the terminus interchange on the Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway between Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

 

People

• Family of Barack Obama, an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage
• Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982), Kenyan economist and father to Barack Obama
• Michelle Obama (born 1964), wife of Barack Obama, and Vice President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals
• Sarah Obama (born 1922), paternal step-grandmother of Barack Obama
• Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
• Santiago Obama Ndong, Equatorial Guinean politician
• Obama Girl, a persona created by Amber Lee Ettinger

 

Other

• Cable TV Wakasa Obama, a cable television provider in the Ōi, Obama, Takahama, Natasho, and Wakasa areas of Fukui Prefecture, Japan

 

See also

• Ohama and Kohama for the word written with the same kanji 小浜 in Japanese, but pronounced Ohama or Kohama

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Barack (disambiguation) November 21, 2008

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barack Obama (born 1961) is an Illinois senator and the president-elect of the United States.

Barack may also refer to:

• Barack (given name)
• Barack Obama, Sr., a Harvard-educated Kenyan economist, father of Barack Obama
• Barack (brandy), a Hungarian palinka brandy

 

See also

• Barak (disambiguation)
• Baraka (disambiguation)
• Baraq (disambiguation)
• Barrack (disambiguation)
• Baruch (disambiguation)

Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton November 21, 2008

Announcement for secretary of state would come after Thanksgiving

By NEDRA PICKLER

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with retiring Sen. John Warner on their way to a vote Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday.

One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton becoming the nation’s top diplomat, the two sides were moving quickly toward making it a reality, barring any unforeseen problems.

The transition aide told The Associated Press that the two camps have worked out financial disclosure issues involving Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, and the complicated international funding of his foundation that operates in 27 countries. The aide said Obama and Hillary Clinton have had substantive conversations about the secretary of state job.

Clinton has been mulling the post for several days, but the transition aide’s comments suggested that Obama’s team does not feel she is inclined to turn it down.

Dare to Dream: The New President November 19, 2008

by Janice Burroughs

My life events are not unique. Just listen to the passion of the 2008 campaign as people struggle within the greatest country of modern times. Many have lost homes, retirement savings, jobs, and health benefits. They may lose more if their marriages or health do not survive the stress.

I was blessed with a twenty year marriage, successful career, and a beautiful daughter. Then the next 5 years brought divorce, the suicide of my ex-spouse, single parenting, the death of my father, health issues for me and my Mom, job loss, and astronomical private health premiums. And now? I am a small business owner in the midst of an economic recession!

You Can Be A Leader November 18, 2008

Leadership can take on many qualities and wear many different hats. We mainly think of leaders and leadership in the way of businesses, managers and supervisors. Think about what these positions have in common. They take charge. They take care of things. This being the case that means that you, as an individual, can be a great leader with or without a business. Yes, that’s right. Be a leader of yourself and your actions. Need an explanation? Read on.

Regardless as to what mountains you climb in life, you have the option of taking on the role of a leader or a follower. How you handle the situation dictates the type of person you are or will be in that particular incident. Want to be a leader? The following six steps outline how to turn being a follower into being a leader in everything you tackle in life and how to control a situation rather than the situation taking control of you.

A Look Ahead to 2008 (Part II) November 17, 2008

By ContentMart Editor

A Look Ahead to 2008 (Part II)

Last week, I began my look ahead to the 2008 presidential campaign with the potential Republican candidates. Today, I will continue by taking a look at the potential Democratic candidates. Among them are New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, North Carolina Senator John Edwards, Illinois Senator-elect Barack Obama, Nevada Senator Harry Reid, and Virginia Governor Mark Warner.

Obama prepares to reverse Bush actions, decide which promises to fast-track; Kennedy says health reform can’t wait November 9, 2008

By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence

Lots of newspapers are speculating today about the impact of the new Obama administration. A few examples:

The Washington Post writes that President-elect Barack Obama may quickly reverse scores of President Bush’s actions and executive orders, including a limit on federal funds for stem-cell research and a “global gag order” that bars international family-planning groups that receive U.S. aid from telling women about abortion.

Barack Obama November 8, 2008

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barack” and “Obama” redirect here. For other uses, see Barack (disambiguation) and Obama (disambiguation).

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.^[1][2][3] Obama is the first African American to be elected President of the United States.^[4]

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.

As a member of the Democratic minority in the 109th Congress, he helped create legislation to control conventional weapons and to promote greater public accountability in the use of federal funds. He also made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During the 110th Congress, he helped create legislation regarding lobbying and electoral fraud, climate change, nuclear terrorism, and care for returned U.S. military personnel.

Thank you! November 6, 2008

You proved that change can happen. You built an unprecedented grassroots organization in all 50 states that brought a record number of people into the political process — many for the first time, many for the first time in a long time.

Our success required unprecedented resources, and the Democratic National Committee played a major role on the ground efforts that generated record turnout up and down the ticket.

Please make a donation to the DNC to help fund the efforts it undertook in 2008.

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Barack Obama elected 44th president November 5, 2008

‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American leader tells country

President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage at his victory celebration in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

By Alex Johnson Reporter msnbc.com

updated 12:39 a.m. ET Nov. 5, 2008

Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.

A crowd of 125,000 people jammed Grant Park in Chicago, where Obama addressed the nation for the first time as its president-elect at midnight ET. Hundreds of thousands more — Mayor Richard Daley said he would not be surprised if a million Chicagoans jammed the streets — watched on a large television screen outside the park.

“If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama declared.