2.With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management at a bank.
After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants.
He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African—American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain active in his community.
3.First and foremost, she is Malia and Sasha's mom.
But before she was a mother — or a wife, lawyer, or public servant — she was Fraser and Marian Robinson's daughter.
4. Some issues are:
- Civil Rights
- Fiscal Responsibility
- Service
- Defense
- Foreign Policy
- Taxes
- Disabilities
- Health Care
- Technology
- Economy
- Homeland Security
- Urban Policy
- Education
- Immigration
- Veterans
- Energy & Environment
- Poverty
- Women
- Ethics
- Rural
- Family
- Seniors & Social Security
5. On the blog Senator Ted Kennedy's life was honored. We were interested by this but especially by the picture of his adorable dog Bo. The article about Vice President Biden did not really interest us.
