When he was in the US Senate, Barack Obama served on a number of committees: these included the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. He also served on a number of subcommittees, and in the 110th congress, he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs. This subcommittee was involved with global security, and by all accounts, it did hold meetings.
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Barack Obama has been on the Veteran's Affairs Committee since 2005.
Barack Obama was first elected to the Illinois state senate, beginning in 1996.
Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama was born on 1961-08-04.
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Barack Obama was 43 years old when he was first elected to the Senate in 2004.
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Barack Obama was never governor of Illinois. He represented Illinois in the United States Senate.
No He is not the first African American in the senate
No. The United States Senate voted on the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. During that time, Barack Obama was a senator in the Illinois State Senate. Mr. Obama won election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
No, only Mitt Romney served as the head of the Winter Olympics in 2002. Mr. Obama was serving in the Illinois state senate at that time.
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