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Biography
Full Name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr.Party: Democratic
Political Office: U.S. Senator from Illinois, elected 2004; member, Illinois State Senate 1997-2004
Business/Professional Experience: Attorney, law firm of Miner Barnhill & Galland (Chicago, IL), 1993-2004
Date of Birth: August 4, 1961
Place of Birth: Honolulu
Education: B.A. Columbia University 1983; J.D. Harvard Law, 1991
Spouse: married Michelle Robinson, 1992
Children: daughters Malia, born 1999, and Natasha, born 2001
Religion: United Church of Christ
Home: Chicago
Milestones: Barack Obama
An interactive timeline of Barack Obama’s life and career.
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Senator Barack Obama, now the prospective Democratic nominee, outside the Capitol on Wednesday. He told reporters that he and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton were “going to have a conversation in the coming weeks.”
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
| Michelle Obama | |
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| Born | January 17, 1964 Chicago, Illinois |
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| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | A.B. in sociology, cum laude; J.D. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals |
| Religious beliefs | Christian |
| Spouse(s) | Barack Obama (m. 1992) |
| Children | Malia and Sasha |
| Parents | Frasier Robinson and Marian Robinson |
