Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
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Could have been a different world
Re: “One year afterbin Laden's death, Schiff warns of 'formidable challenge,’” May 1. If I were in representative/candidate Adam Schiff's position of trust, I would candidly suggest to President Obama that he give his 2012...Tags: Bill Clinton, Bob Hope, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Politics
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Start the Presses: Who they are, what they stand for
I want your campaign mailers. You know, the glossy photos of people you don't know who are running for offices that have little connection to your lives? Those. Why? Politicians' bad rep is, no doubt, largely their own fault. California's decline in...Tags: Voting, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics, Elections, Mitt Romney
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Unclassified Info: Gay marriage and rational debate
WARNING: I am about to render an opinion on gay marriage. It may be unsuitable for audiences who are unwilling to entertain a rational debate. But before I dive into yet another liberal rant, it might be good to preface my opinion with some thoughts...Tags: Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Osama bin Laden, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Family
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Manny Pacquiao banned from Rick Caruso's The Grove over gay marriage remarks
Boxer Manny Pacquiao has been banned from the Grove shopping mall -- which along with the Americana at Brand is owned by devolper Rick Caruso -- because of comments he made about gay marriage. In an interview with National Conservative Examiner, Pacquiao...Tags: Manny Pacquiao, Same-Sex Marriage
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Krikorian pledges 'to be the voice of American Armenians'
Glendale school board member Greg Krikorian, who is challenging Mike Gatto for the 43rd Assembly District seat in November, ramped up his campaign at a recent anti-genocide rally by appealing to the Armenian American vote with a fiery speech that has...
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Michelle Obama to appear on 'The Tonight Show' in Burbank
First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Tuesday, Jan. 31 to promote Let’s Move ahead of the initiative’s two-year anniversary. Let’s Move, launched by the first lady in February 2012, is a campaign...Tags: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (tv program), Obesity, Jay Leno, Michelle Obama, Politics
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Schiff roundly endorses Obama's State of the Union address
As President Obama wrapped up his third State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) issued a statement endorsing the commander-in-chief's challenge to update the nation's tax code and raise rates on the super rich.
"As the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unions, Democratic Party, Unions, Mitt Romney
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Schiff criticizes proposed funding cuts to Mars projects
Rep. Adam Schiff today vowed to fight a quarter-billion dollars in proposed funding cuts to NASA's Mars exploration programs out of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge "tooth and nail."
The statement came after President Obama...Tags: NASA, Satellite Technology, Space Programs, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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President Obama headed to Los Angeles fundraiser
Air Force One has just taken off from Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego, taking President Obama to Los Angeles International Airport for a fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Obama arrived in San Diego about 1:30 p.m. and after a few moments of...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Republican Party, University of California, Politics, Democratic Party
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Education Matters: Open your ears to the opposition
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Abortion, Thomas Jefferson, Bernard Sanders, Government, Republican Party
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Entertainment meets education
Pasadena boasts a bounty of entertainment options, but only one offers the opportunity to spend an evening picking some of the most interesting brains in art, science, politics and entertainment.
This high-minded cultural event is the Distinguished...Tags: Bill Clinton, David Axelrod, Betty White, Walter Cronkite, Tony Blair
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Schiff responds to Kadafi's death; says Libya 'must draft a new constitution'
In light of reports of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi’s death, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) released a statement Thursday calling the news “an end to the first chapter of another popular revolution.”
“Now the Libyan people...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Defense, Politics, Constitutional Issues
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