Lolo Soetoro. Lolo Soetoro, also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo[1][2] or Mangundikardjo[3] (EYD: Lolo Sutoro) (Javanese: [ˈlɒlɒ suːˈtɒrɒː]; January 2, 1935[4] − March 2, 1987), was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.[5] Early life and education[edit] Marriage to Ann Dunham[edit] After living in Seattle, Washington, with her infant son Barack from September 1961 to June 1962 while taking classes at the University of Washington, Ann Dunham returned to Honolulu and resumed her undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii in January 1963.[9] In January 1964 she filed for divorce[10] from her estranged husband, Barack Obama Sr., who had left Hawaii in June 1962 to pursue graduate study at Harvard University.[11]
Maya Soetoro-Ng. Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng (/ˈmaɪ.ə suːˈtɔəroʊ ˈɪŋ/;[1] born August 15, 1970) is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, who is the 44th and current President of the United States.
She was previously a high school history teacher[2] and university instructor in Hawaii. Early life[edit] Soetoro-Ng was born Maya Kassandra Soetoro in Saint Carolus Hospital, a Roman Catholic hospital, in Jakarta, Indonesia,[3] to Indonesian businessman Lolo Soetoro and American cultural anthropologist Ann Dunham. Her elder half-brother is the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. She has said she was named after American poet Maya Angelou.[4] Soetoro-Ng and Barack spent several years together in Indonesia and in Hawaii before her mother decided to return to Indonesia with her.[2] John Punch (slave) John Punch (fl. 1630s, living 1640) was an African indentured servant who lived in the Colony of Virginia during the seventeenth century.
In July 1640, the Virginia Governor's Council sentenced him to remain a servant for the rest of his life as punishment for running away to Maryland. For this reason, historians consider Punch the first documented lifetime slave in the colony, and his case a key milestone in the development of slavery in the United States.[2][3][4] In July 2012, Ancestry.com published a paper suggesting that Punch was an eleventh-generation maternal grandfather of Barack Obama, on the basis of historic and genealogical research and Y-DNA analysis.[5][6][7] Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, is a descendant of the Bunch family, free people of color in colonial Virginia, who were probably descendants of Punch himself. Punch was a servant of the Virginia planter Hugh Gwyn. In 1640, Punch ran away to Maryland with two European indentured servants.
Punahou School. Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S.
State of Hawaii. With about 3,760[2] students attending the school, in kindergarten through the twelfth grade, it is the largest independent school in the United States.[3] Founded in 1841, the school has a rich history, a wide variety of programs and many notable alumni. Along with academics and athletics, Punahou offers visual and performing arts programs. In 2006, Punahou School was ranked as the "greenest" school in America.[4] The student body is diverse, with student selection based on both academic and non-academic considerations.
History[edit] In 1795, the land known as Ka Punahou was taken in battle by King Kamehameha I. Founded in 1841, Punahou School was originally a school for the children of missionaries serving throughout the Pacific region. Barack Obama, Sr. Obama Can Strike Syria Unilaterally. Over the weekend, the White House declared that there is “very little doubt” that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad‘s forces used chemical weapons against his own people.
For better or worse, there’s also very little doubt that President Obama—should he choose to do so—can retaliate against Syrian targets for their use without approval from the American people, or their elected representatives in Congress. Just like he did in Libya two years ago. For Americans brought up to believe only Congress can declare—and pay for—war, it’s worth noting that such legal niceties have loopholes big enough to fly cruise missiles through. And that is apparently what the U.S. military has in mind, as it beefs up its fleet of Tomahawk-cruise-missile-carrying warships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, a chip shot from dozens of military and government targets scattered across Syria. Four destroyers are loitering in the region, awaiting orders.
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