The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama [173]
A former staffer, Madhuri Kommareddi, devoted the summer before she entered Yale Law School to fact-check the entire manuscript. Her talent and energy leave me breathless. Thanks as well to Hillary Schrenell, who volunteered to help Madhuri with a number of research items in the foreign policy chapter.
Finally, I want to thank my agent, Bob Barnett of Williams and Connolly, for his friendship, skill, and support. It’s made a world of difference.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BARACK OBAMA began his career as a community organizer in some of Chicago’s poorest communities and then attended Harvard Law School, where he was elected the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. From 1997 to 2004, he served as a state senator from Chicago’s South Side. In addition to his legislative duties, he was a senior lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School, practiced civil rights law, and served on the boards of directors of various charitable organizations. From 2005 to 2008, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator from Illinois, before being elected President of the United States on November 4, 2008.
ALSO BY BARACK OBAMA
Dreams from My Father
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Obama, Barack.
The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream / Barack Obama.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Obama, Barack. 2. Legislators—United States—Biography. 3. African American legislators—Biography. 4. United States. Congress. Senate—Biography. 5. Obama, Barack—Philosophy. 6. National characteristics, American. 7. Ideals (Philosophy). 8. United States—Politics and government—Philosophy. 9. United States—Politics and government—2001–. I. Title.
E901.1.O23A3 2006
973’.04960730092—dc22 2006028967
eISBN: 978-0-307-38209-2
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