Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. His parents  36  while both were  _37   the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where his father was enrolled as a  38   student. Barack Obama's birth name is Barack Hussein Obama.

In the memoir (传记), Barack Obama described his experiences  39  in his mother's American middle class family. Of his early childhood, Barack Obama wrote, "That my father looked nothing  _40_ the people around me -- that he was  41  as pitch (沥青), my mother white as milk --  42_   impressed in my mind. "

When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. Then the family moved to Indonesia in 1967,   _43  Obama attended local schools, such as Asisi, in Jakarta  44  he was ten years old. He then  45_   to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents (外祖父母) Madalyn and Stanley Dunham, while attending Punahou School from the fifth grade in 1971 until his  46  from high school in 1979.

_47  high school, Obama moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at Occidental College (西方学院) for two years.  48  his academic ambitions, he moved to New York's Columbia University, where he   _49  his undergraduate degree in political science.

Barack Obama is the first African-American  50  President of the United States. His rich and varied life experiences have  51  his political journey. Baraek Obama is able to  52   parties and people under a similar purpose:  53   the challenges of everyday Americans. This is a big part of what makes Barack Obama such a (n)  54  candidate (候选人) in the 2008 election.

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama  55  the chair of the American President as the 44th President of the country.

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