Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: J.D. - Magna Cum Laude
Clubs: President - Harvard Law Review
I was fortunate to be able to grow up seeing America from varied viewpoints. My childhood was spent in Hawaii and Indonesia. After college I worked as a community organizer on the South side of Chicago focusing on improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods.
I came to understand that to truly solve the problems facing our communities, it would take a change in our laws and our politics. I ran and served for seven years in the Illinois state Senate, where I fought for expanding children's health care, providing tax cuts for the working poor and enacting welfare reform. In 2004, I was elected to the U.S. Senate, where I have worked to pass laws securing dangerous weapons and making government more accountable. I have also opposed the Iraq war from the start, and believe that we need to bring our troops home so we can refocus on the wider struggle against terrorism.
Of all my life experiences, I am most proud of my wife Michelle and my daughters Malia and Sasha.
Please stay true to you word on the War. And I think I understand more on FISA, I don't like it but I understand... We need you in the WH...Stay true to yourself and us...IF that happens we will win the WH in NOV! Obama 08
Thanks for coming to Butte today and celebrating Independence Day with us Montanans. Hope you and your family had a nice stay and that your daughter enjoyed her birthday. :-)
The reason I voted for you was because I trusted your judgment. How dare I question it now. My support is my trust. We've lived in a country with so little of that over the past 7.5 years. You know what your are doing...Keep on Keeping on. Yes We Can...and...Yes You Will
Everyone should read Tom Barlow's political piece in the latest edition of The Current. It's called "Wouldn't a dream be nice right about now?". It's fantastic.
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