Ten facts about: Barack Obama
Ten facts about: Barack Obama
Barack Obama: Fact 1
Barack Obama was educated from an early age on multicultural: His father is from Kenya, his mother was a white American. After his parents' divorce, his mother married an Indonesian and moved with Barack to Jakarta, where he lived until his tenth year. After that returned Barack Obama back to his native state of Hawaii to his grandparents.
Due to Obama's electoral victory Kenya's President Kibaki called the 6th of November for the National Day of Kenya.
Barack Obama: Fact 2
His first name is pronounced the way one writes it, with emphasis on the last syllable:rack, similar to the German word "barrack". His middle name is Hussein, which is why he was accused in the election campaign of some Republican opponents, he was Muslim. Barack Obama However, he made it clear that he was a committed Christian. He is a member of the United Church of Christ, which represents liberal positions, such as the issue of abortion or homosexuals. So also the gay priest Gene Robinson said the prayer for the inauguration of the inauguration ceremonies of Obama.
Barack Obama: Fact 3
After studying political science in Los Angeles and New York studied Barack Obama another three years law at the prestigious Harvard Law School. During his time as a lawyer in Chicago, he specialized in civil rights. He is the author of two books: "Audacity of hope" and "Dreams from my Father", whose audiobook version won a Grammy.
Barack Obama: Fact 4
Barack Obama was elected in 2004 with 70 percent of the vote for senator from the US state of Illinois.
Barack Obama: Fact 5
On February 10, 2007 confirmed Barack Obama his candidacy for the office of US President in Springfield, Illinois. He chose this place not without reason: 149 years earlier, the late 16th US President Abraham Lincoln had called for the end of slavery.
Barack Obama: Fact 6
During Obama's election campaign, Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. together with Hollywood stars like Scarlett Johansson, Nicole Scherzinger, John Legend, Kate Walsh and Amber Valetta a music video titled "Yes We Can", In the video the stars quote a campaign speech from Barack Obama, You can find the video here.
Barack Obama: Fact 7
Barack Obama's security costs $ 44,000 every day. So two limousines are always taken on trips abroad, so that Obama does not have to resort to foreign vehicles that could possibly be prepared. Also in his victory speech in Chicago in November, he spoke behind seven inches thick bulletproof glass. Just under a year and a half before his official election for the presidential candidate, he was under the protection of the Secret Service.
Barack Obama: Fact 8
Barack Obama Speaking in front of the Berlin Victory Column on July 24, 2008, around 200,000 visitors listened. Angela Merkel was against Obama's desire to speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Reason: So far there had only been political events that had a particularly exclusive character, such as the speeches of former US Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. The Berlin Senate finally set the Victory Column as the location for Obama's speech.
Barack Obama: Fact 9
Barack Obama Liberal politics is celebrated by many Americans as a new hope for their country. So he spoke in the election campaign for a troop withdrawal from Iraq and for diplomatic negotiations with Iran in the nuclear dispute. However, he keeps open here the option of a military strike.
On the other hand, in the Afghanistan war he vehemently advocates the reinforcement of Western troops, including a larger German participation. He also denounced the increased presence of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Pakistan during the election campaign. So pointed Barack Obama Already one and a half years ago the possibility of a military strike, the now resigned Pakistani President Musharraf should not respond to the continuing threat of al-Qaeda: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will" (For example: "If we have clear indications of terrorist targets and President Musharraf does not act, we will do it"). This will apply just as much to the successor of Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari, who has been in office since September 2008.
Also, Obama is in favor of maintaining the death penalty in particularly serious cases (eg, rape and murder of children).
Barack Obama: Fact 10
The couple Obama is already celebrated like a Hollywood couple. on the occasion of Barack Obama Inauguration ceremony was just a few days before a huge concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington with stars like U2, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Shakira and Usher, followed by the official "Inauguration Ball" on the day of his inauguration. Hollywood greats like Kanye West and Kid Rock perform again here. MTV will air the live show "Be the Change: Live from the Inaugural" on January 21 at 4:00. From January 22, the program can also be viewed on www.mtv.de.
And Barack Obama's wife Michelle is already compared to Jackie Kennedy. In the style blog www.mrs-o.org, which was especially created for her, everything revolves around the style and fashion of the budding First Lady.
