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Presidential candidate Barack Obama's ties to Hawaii run deep. Born to an American woman and a Kenyan student in Honolulu in 1961, Obama was raised in the Islands by his mother and her parents. His adolescent years were influenced by family and friendships, but also marked by struggles with racial identity and school problems, all of which contributed to his world views.

Now his career as a civil rights lawyer and US senator from Illinois have led him to the Democratic Party's nomination for president. If elected, he would become the first U.S. president of African-American descent and, it should be added, the first from Hawaii.


Issues
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Homecoming
  • Obama leaves Hawaii for Nevada after visit to ill grandmother
  • Obama says goodbye to 'Toot,' heads back to presidential campaign
  • Obama to arrive for short visit tonight
  • Obama in Hawaii tomorrow to see grandmother with broken hip
  • Obama returns home to visit ailing 'Toot'
  • Obama's Hawaii visit a boon for slumping tourism industry
  • Obama's visit far from exotic
  • Obama catches some waves at Sandys on Hawaii vacation
  • Obama visits Punchbowl to pay respects at grandfather's gravesite
  • Obamas, friends visit temple park
  • A jog and some golf for Obama
  • Obama hits Olomana for private golf round
  • Obama connects with the plate lunch spirit on Hawaii vacation
  • Obama to make public appearance at Keehi Lagoon Beach park tomorrow


    • Politics
  • Obama to fill six top jobs today
  • Obama says economic plan will be ready from day one
  • Obama officially ends his Senate 'journey'
  • Obama says he will resign seat in Senate
  • Hawaii's 2009 Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. sold out
  • Much to do before transition to White House
  • Obama: Hawaii's own makes history
  • Hawaii Democrats plan parties hoping to celebrate Obama win
  • Obama ad a classic closing commercial
  • Republican Powell picks Obama
  • Obama would make white house history
  • Obama pauses to thank McCain
  • Obama says GOP resorting to 'smears'
  • Polls show Obama gaining momentum
  • Obama keeps focus on McCain at toned-down rally
  • Biden steps up to Obama ticket swinging at McCain
  • Obama scooped on text-message plan
  • Obama raises $24M more in July than GOP rival McCain
  • Obama vacation may be private
  • Obama gets robust support from Sarkozy in Paris visit


    • Issues
  • Obama's economic plan grows
  • Obama's plan aims for 2.5 million jobs
  • Obama pressing for more help to homeowners
  • Obama videos take his weekly radio address online
  • Obama taps 2 as summit reps
  • Obama reviewing Bush policies
  • Reality will test Obama's rhetoric
  • Obama says theology's beyond his scope
  • Biden helps Obama foreign policy, middle-class appeal
  • McCain, Obama opposites on taxes
  • Obama points to Nuremberg trials
  • Obama urges black fathers to be active
  • Obama campaign corrects Holocaust camp error
  • Obama confronts definition of patriotism
  • Obama links Clinton, McCain on gas-tax proposal
  • GreenerWhite House coming
  • Native Hawaiian bill to get its turn in Senate
  • Obama tells 'rowdy' crowd he will end Iraq war in 2009
  • McCain, Obama tangle over Iraq, al-Qaida
  • Islanders weigh in on candidates' gender, race


    • Background
  • Obama a foodie with eclectic tastes
  • Army veteran grandfather was Obama's boyhood pal in Hawaii
  • Tribute tomorrow to Madelyn Dunham
  • Obama's Hawaii boyhood homes drawing gawkers
  • Barack Obama's grandma, 86, dies of cancer before election
  • Obama unaware aunt living in U.S. illegally
  • Obama's more Illinois than Hawaii, folks in Chicago say
  • Obama in Hawaii: Father was ambitious, proud
  • Reflections on growing up with Obama
  • Early defining factors for Obama
  • Obama's Isle ties explored
  • Punahou friends proud of 'Barry' making history
  • Obama healthy, says his doctor
  • Punahou athletics ranked best in U.S.
  • Old friends paint portrait of Obama as young man
  • Obama's wealth growing but still far behind Clinton's, McCain's
  • Obama's mom was far from a 'standard-issue girl'
  • Obama women talk up their man
  • Obama's tutu a Hawaii banking female pioneer
  • 'Barry' learned to like Punahou
  • Obama's grandmother says perseverance matters most
  • Hawaii's imperfect melting pot a big influence on young Obama
    • Additional links
    • Obama's Senate Web site
    • Project Vote Smart

    Watch a looping video stream of the public tribute service for Madelyn Dunham, Barack Obama's grandmother.
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    President-elect Obama holds first press conference after election
    Barack Obama took questions from journalists at a press conference on Nov. 7, 2008 in Chicago, addressing issues that included the economy, jobs and tax cuts.
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    Obama holds homecoming rally
    After returning to Hawai'i for a vacation, Barack Obama held a rally on Aug. 8, 2008 before an enthusiastic home crowd at Ke'ehi Lagoon Park.
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