Brief Introduction
Barack Hussein Obama,born on August 4,1961,is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2008 United States presidential election.
Obama is the first African-American to be nominated by a major American political party for president and became the first African-American president in American history on November 4,2008.A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School,where he became the first black person to serve as president of the Harvard Law Review,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.Obama announced his presidential campaign in February 2007,and was formally nominated at the 2008 Democratic National Convention with Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate.
奥巴马简介
巴拉克侯赛因奥巴马,出生于1961年8月4日,是代表美国伊利诺州的资深联邦参议员,2008年美国总统选举民主党候选人.
奥巴马是美国历史上第一位获得主要政党提名的非裔总统候选人,并于2008年11月4日当选为美国历史上首位非裔总统.他毕业于哥伦比亚大学和哈佛法学院,是《哈佛法律研究》的第一位黑人社长.在连续三届担任伊利诺伊州州参议员之前（1997-2004）,奥巴马从事社区工作和民权律师工作.1992年到2004年,他在芝加哥大学教授宪法学.2000年奥巴马竞选美国众议院议员失败,2003年他宣布参选联邦参议员.2004年3月奥巴马取得初步胜利,7月他在民主党全国大会上发表了主题演讲.2004年11月,奥巴马以百分之70的选票当选为联邦参议员.
在第109届国会会期内,作为民主党内的少数族裔,他协助编纂了控制常规武器和使用联邦基金进一步推动公共问责的法律.他还对东欧,中东和非洲进行了官方访问.在第110届国会会期内,他协助编纂了关于游说和选举诈骗,气候变化,核恐怖活动以及帮助退伍军人的法案.2007年2月,奥巴马宣布参加总统竞选,2008年民主党全国大会上获得正式提名,选择代表特拉华州的联邦参议员乔拜登做副总统人选.
