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Obama's Ascent
How do you leap from neighborhood activist to U.S. Senator to perhaps higher office? Even for Barack Obama, it's more complicated than
it looks

"IN NO OTHER COUNTRY"
Obama as a toddler with his mother in Hawaii

Looking for Mr. Right
Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin
What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?

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FROM THE NOVEMBER 15, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2004

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