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Obama Comes to Rockford
October 2, 2006
Senator Barack Obama wants to know what's important in our community. So the freshman Senator hosted a town hall meeting Saturday at Rock Valley College. "We should begin a phased withdrawal and we should begin this year," Obama says. Condemning the war in Iraq was the highlight of this town hall meeting. Senator Barack Obama says the war has become less about the military and more about the game of politics.
Obama's First Law Known As 'Google For Government'
September 26, 2006
(CBS) CHICAGO Some A-list celebrities now say U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is their presidential pick for 2008. Oprah Winfrey and Halle Berry have gone public urging him to run. Tuesday was a big day for the junior senator from Illinois. For the first time, a bill he sponsored became law.
Sen. Obama at Joliet town hall
September 23, 2006
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told an enthusiastic crowd of 1,300 in Joliet on Friday that their issues are important to him. "I especially enjoy coming to Will County because I think this is one of those areas that is really representative of what is best in Illinois," he said. "It's a growing area. It's an area full of working class people." At his 57th town hall meeting since being elected, Obama said the meetings help him stay in touch with local issues.
Press Releases
Obama Statement on Rumsfeld Resignation
November 8, 2006
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement on the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: "Last night, the American people sent an overwhelming message to Washington that it's time to change our failed course in Iraq, and today's resignation of Donald Rumsfeld is a belated step in the right direction," said Obama. "But to truly end the ideological mismanagement of this war, we must replace not just a person, but a strategy, and that will take the work of both Democrats and Republicans finding common ground and common solutions in the weeks to come."
Durbin, Manzullo and Obama Continue to Push for Disaster Assistance for Rockford Flooding
October 25, 2006
Chicago, IL - U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Don Manzullo (R-IL) today announced their support of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s appeal following the federal government's denial of assistance to Rockford residents affected by last month's flooding. In a letter to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) R. David Paulison, the members wrote, "The Governor's appeal is based on additional information provided by the State of Illinois and the City of Rockford that indicates that the damage to the private sector was of such severity and magnitude that effective recovery is beyond the capability of the State and local governments."
Senator Obama's Office Responds to Misleading Harper's Magazine Story
October 23, 2006
The latest issue of Harper's Magazine contains a piece titled "BARACK OBAMA INC. The birth of a Washington machine." The story is unfortunately filled with a selective presentation of the facts, innuendo and a cynical assumption of bad faith in our leaders.
Speeches
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony
November 13, 2006
I have two daughters, ages five and eight. And when I see the plans for this memorial, I think about what it will like when I first bring them here upon the memorial's completion. I imagine us walking down to this tidal basin, between one memorial dedicated to the man who helped give birth to a nation, and another dedicated to the man who preserved it. I picture us walking beneath the shadows cast by the Mountain of Despair, and gazing up at the Stone of Hope, and reading the quotes on the wall together as the water falls like rain.
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on the Military Commission Legislation
September 28, 2006
Mr. President, I am proud to be sponsoring this amendment with the senior senator from West Virginia. He's absolutely right that Congress has abrogated its oversight responsibilities, and one way to reverse that troubling trend is to adopt a sunset provision in this bill. We did that in the Patriot Act, and that allowed us to make important revisions to the bill that reflected our experience about what worked and didn't work during the previous 5 years. We should do that again with this important piece of legislation.
Floor Statement on the Habeas Corpus Amendment
September 27, 2006
Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I would like to address the habeas corpus amendment that is on the floor and that we just heard a lengthy debate about between Senator Specter and Senator Warner. A few years ago, I gave a speech in Boston that people talk about from time to time. In that speech, I spoke about why I love this country, why I love America, and what I believe sets this country apart from so many other nations in so many areas.
Press Kit
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