Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
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An Illinois controversy pitting two important constituencies against each other put Barack Obamaâs legislative skills to the test.
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Often criticized for a lack of charisma on the campaign trail, Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb sought a boost of energy from the party's political rock star, Sen. Barack Obama, on Wednesday.
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Analysis: In accusing the White House of misleading America, the Senator is flashing his independent credentials
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Senators from both parties tee off on the White House as evidence mounts indicating it suppressed evidence of climate change. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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From the day he won a U.S. Senate seat, Barack Obama captured national attention with his charisma and unique personal story. The question was what he would do with them. His two-week tour of Africa has helped suggest an answer.
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Barack Obama's two years in the Senate have taken him around the world, from Russia to Iraq to Kenya &#151; an itinerary more costly to taxpayers than any other senator who took office with him.
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John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama attacked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as never before.
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Senator Barack Obama said he would start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more directly, in response to concerns about his lack of assertiveness.
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Barack Obama's White House campaign receives a boost with the backing of Senator Edward Kennedy.
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In a fiery preview of a possible 2008 election match-up, US Senators Barack Obama and John McCain traded political potshots over Iraq Friday, and Hillary Clinton also faced a Republican barrage.
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Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday revealed the 113 budget items he has requested in the Senate &#151; known as "pet projects" or "pork" in the language of budget reform &#151; and challenged his fellow presidential candidates to do the same.
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A growing number of senators are questioning whether the Senate should abandon pledges to make far-reaching changes to the nation's intelligence bureaucracy before Election Day, doubts that could dampen the bill's momentum.
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) issued a round of apologies  yesterday for a memo generated by his campaign staff that referred to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as a senator from the Indian region of Punjab and criticized her record on outsourcing.
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Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and fellow Democratic presidential hopefuls were unleashing their first direct blows of the 2008 campaign, as their ebullient party targeted the White House.
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Political rising star Barack Obama swept into the US Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Alan Keyes to pick up the Illinois seat for the Democrats, US television networks projected.
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<img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071214/capt.f57ea1426d6c4429962423b3e4211b49.obama_profile_wxje108.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=OXcsj5AtkEOfR5azzq5HQg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., reacts to cheers of a supporter while speaking to a packed gymnasium at South Aiken High School, in Aiken, S.C., during a town hall meeting in this Oct. 6, 2007, file photo. It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of 'The Committee.'\
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Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat, won the US Senate seat of retiring Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald, CNN and MSNBC reported.