Who – Protestant and Islamic descendant of Democrat Barack Obama is the first black to compete for the presidency of the United States. Its name means “blessed” in Swahili an official language of Kenya. The current Democratic senator was born on the island of Hawaii in Honolulu, where his father, a Kenyan economist Barack Obama and his mother Ann duhama Kansas, studied at the University at Manoa. After the divorce of parents, Obama spent four years with the mother and husband in Jakarta, Indonesia. In ten years, he returned to Hawaii to live with their maternal grandparents.
Problem teens – The candidate said in the book “Dreams from My Father,” that consumption of alcohol and drugs such as marijuana and cocaine during the school. During the campaign, spoke with students and admitted that he lost a lot of time in his teenage years in drug consumption. These attitudes did not change when Obama was in the last years of college. He graduated in Law at Harvard University in 1991. In 1992, he married Michelle Robinson and had two daughters, Malia and Natasha, in 1999, 2001.
Political Career – Apart from experience in constitutional law, Obama is engaged in political life. In 1996 he was elected to the Senate from Illinois, which operates in the United States and the state legislature and reelected in 2000. In 2004 he was elected U.S. Senator by the State of Illinois.
Proposals Campaign – Obama proposes the withdrawal of U.S. troops of Iraq. But advocates for the financial support of Iraqi refugees. On the issue of immigrants, the candidate supports the legalization of 12 million immigrants currently living in the United States could be linked to the payment of a fine and learning English. The Democratic candidate is in favor of civil union between same sex and abortion.
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