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Barack Obama and John
McCain
Where have they been? |
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Honolulu, Hawaii
 Barack
Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack
Obama, Sr. (born in Nyanza Province, Kenya) and Ann Dunham (born in
Wichita, Kansas) |
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Coco Solo Naval
Air Station, Panama Canal Zone
 John
McCain was born on August 29, 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in
Panama to naval officer John S. McCain, Jr. (1911-1981) and Roberta
(Wright) McCain (b. 1912).
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Jakarta, Indonesia
Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and later
divorced. His father went to Harvard University to pursue Ph.D.
studies, then returned to Kenya, where he died in an auto accident
in 1982. His mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian foreign
student, with whom she had one daughter. The family moved to Jakarta
in 1967, where Obama attended local schools from ages 6 to 10. Obama
still speaks "passable" Bahasa, the Indonesian language |
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Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, Virginia
In 1951, the McCain
family settled in Northern Virginia, and John McCain attended
Episcopal High School, a private preparatory boarding school in
Alexandria. In high school, he excelled at wrestling and
graduated in 1954
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Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Barack Obama returns to Honolulu to live with his maternal
grandparents while attending Punahou School, a private college
preparatory school, from 5th grade until his graduation in 1979. |
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United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis
John McCain entered the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. There, he stood up for
people who were being bullied. He also became a lightweight boxer.
McCain had conflicts with higher-ups, and he was disinclined to obey
every rule, which contributed to a low class rank (894/899) that he
did not aim to improve. McCain did well in academic subjects that
interested him and he graduated in 1958.
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Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
After graduating from Punahou, Obama studied at Occidental College
in Los Angeles, California for two years |
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Pensacola,
Florida
Earned flight wings,
Pensacola, Florida, 1960
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Columbia University, New York
From Occidental College, Los Angeles Barack OBAMA transfers to
Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a
specialization in international relations. He received his B.A.
degree in 1983, then worked for one year at Business International
Corporation |
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Caribbean Sea
Deployed on aircraft
carrier U.S.S. Enterprise in Caribbean during the Cuban Missile
Crisis
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Chicago, Illinois
After a one year stint at Business International Corporation, Barack
Obama moves to Chicago where he works as a Community Organizer |
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USS Forrestal
On July 29 1967, John
narrowly survived the first of many near-death experiences during
his lifetime while preparing to take off on a bombing mission over
North Vietnam from his ship, the USS Forrestal. A missile
accidentally fired from a nearby plane struck the fuel tanks on
John's plane and created a deadly inferno aboard the ship. John
barely escaped the fiery disaster that killed 134 men, injured
hundreds more and destroyed 20 planes.
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Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
He entered Harvard Law School in 1988. In 1990, The New York Times
reported his election as the Harvard Law Review's "first black
president in its 104-year history". He completed his Juris Doctor
degree magna cum laude in 1991. |
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Hanoi Hilton
John McCain's capture
and imprisonment (for 5 1/2 years) began on October 26, 1967. He was
flying his twenty-third bombing mission over North Vietnam, when his
A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile over Hanoi. McCain fractured
both arms and a leg, and then nearly drowned when he parachuted into
Truc B?ch Lake in Hanoi. After he regained consciousness, a mob
attacked him, crushed his shoulder with a rifle butt, and bayoneted
him. He was then transported to Hanoi's main Hoa Lo Prison,
nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton".]
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University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
On returning to Chicago, Obama directed a voter registration drive.
As an associate attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Galland from 1993 to
1996, he represented community organizers, discrimination claims,
and voting rights cases. He was a lecturer of constitutional law at
the University of Chicago Law School from 1993 until his election to
the U.S. Senate in 2004 |
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National War
College - Fort McNair, Washington D.C.
After being released
from prison in Vietnam, McCain returned to United States. McCain
underwent treatment for his injuries, including months of grueling
physical therapy and attended the National War College in Fort
McNair in Washington, D.C. during 1973-1974.
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Democratic National Convention, Fleet Center,
Boston, MA
Obama wrote and delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic
National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, while still serving as
a Illinois state legislator. |
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Arizona - 1st
Congressional District
John McCain represents
Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives
from 1982-1986
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US Senate, Washington D.C.
Barack Obama is a Junior Senator from Illinois. He assumed office on
January 3rd, 2005 |
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US Senate,
Washington D.C.
John McCain - Elected to
US Senate from Arizona in 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004
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Old State Capitol Building, Springfield, IL
In February 2007, standing before the Old State Capitol building in
Springfield, Illinois, Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008
U.S. presidential election. |
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2008 Presidential
Campaign - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
John McCain formally
announced he was seeking the presidency of the United States on
April 25, 2007 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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January 3rd, 2008 - Des Moines, IA
Something Amazing Happened on January 3rd, 2008. On the road to the
White House, Barack Obama wins the IOWA Caucuses beating out
establishment candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards in a
predominantly white state |
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Xcel Energy
Center - St. Paul, Minnesota
McCain clinched a
majority of the delegates and became the presumptive nominee with
wins in the Ohio primary and Texas primary on March 4, with the
nomination to be made official in September at the 2008 Republican
National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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August 25-28th, Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Senator OBAMA to be nominated and confirmed as a candidate for the
Office of President of United States. |
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White House -
January 20th, 2009
Will John McCain become
the 44th President of the United States?
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| found at:
http://www.mibazaar.com/barack_igoogle.html (with photos) |
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found at:
http://www.mibazaar.com/mccain_igoogle.html (with photos) |
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find info on Joe Biden
and Sarah Palin at
www.visionariesLab.com/wherevpres.htm |
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PS Vote on
Nov 04, or earlier, if you can |
