Born in raised in Honolulu,Hawaii. Attended school at Punahou for the fifth grade in 1971, graduated high school from punahou in 1979.
Use to do drugs like marijuand,cocanin and alcohol, which he says is his greatest moral failure.Barack Obama fallowing high school,moved to Los Angeles,studied at Occidental College for two years.
Then moved to Columbia University in New York City.
Later majored in political science with a specialization in international relations.
In 1983 graduated with a B.A. from Columbia.
Worked for a year doing Business International Corporation.
Four years later Obama moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer.
Obama was Senator from the 13th district.In mid-2002, Obama ran for the U.S. senate.
Obama was the fifthe African American Senator in U.S. history.
He was also third to have been popularly elected.In 2005 Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act.In 2007 Obama sponsored an amendment to the defense Authorization Act.