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Why President Barack Obama’s administration grudgingly prefers Uhuru Kenyatta to Raila Odinga

First, it’s important to understand the differences between, and that exist in Barack Obama [the Son of a Kenyan – Barack Hussein Obama Senior], President Barack Obama [The 44th President of the United States of America] and The Administration of President Barack Obama [The government of the United States].

In its general delineations, Barack Obama is a US citizen who was born in Honolulu in 1961 by a Kenyan father, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, born in Wichita, Kansas, was of mostly English ancestry. Barack Obama is proud and happy to be associated with African-Americans in the US and around the world. He is also happy of being Kenyan-American first US President. Apparently, that is all about Barack Obama – in nutshell.

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