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 Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) U.S. Senate photograph Learn More About U.S. Foreign PolicyWho Makes U.S. Foreign Policy?The Role of The PresidentThe Role of Congress Senator Barack Obama and U.S. Foreign PolicyWho Is He?: Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. In Chicago he organized job training programs and voter registration drives. He also worked on civil rights issues and taught at the University of Chicago Law School before his election to the Illinois Senate in 1996. Senator Obama is widely known for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and his best-selling biography, Dreams of My Father. International Experience: As a child, Obama lived four years in Jakarta, Indonesia. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Obama has visited many spots around the world vital to U.S. interests including Russia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Israel among others. His most high profile trip was an August 2006 visit to Africa where he brought his family to his father's birthplace in Kenya. Foreign Policy Positions: Senator Obama opposed the war in Iraq. He advocates a regional conference involving Syria and Iran as one part of an ultimate Iraq solution. He partnered with GOP Senator Richard Lugar in efforts to fight proliferation of nuclear weapons. Obama has also spoken out on the importance of energy independence and the need for U.S. leadership in dealing with global climate change. He seeks significant changes in U.S.-Cuba policy.
Citizens for Global Solutions gave Obama an A+ rating on his foreign policy positions. In 2007, he clashed with Senator Hillary Clinton over how and when presidents should talk to rogue states. Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Statements:
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