Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District, which at that time spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park–Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn. Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 3, 2005, becoming the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Barack Obama in foreign policy, he ended the Iraq War, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, signed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, ordered US involvement in the 2011 Libya military intervention, and ordered the military operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda's leader and mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was slain Sunday in his luxury hideout in Pakistan in a firefight with U.S. forces, ending a manhunt that spanned a frustrating decade.
Obama's family consists of him, his wife, his two daughters, and his mother-in-law. Barack Obama's wife is Michelle Obama, the first lady, his two daughters are Malia Obama and Natasha Obama, and his mother-in-law is Marian Robinson. They all live in White House as of now.
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