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OPRAH'S CUT WITH BARACK OBAMA

Barack Obama He electrified the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He's prompted cries of "first black president". He's Barack Obama, the United States Senator from Illinois. Surrounded by his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters, he takes a rare break from his 16-hour workday to sit down with Oprah at his Chicago home. Listen in.

"I don't consider myself political and I seldom interview politicians. So when I decided to talk with you [Barack], people around me were like, 'What's happened to you?' I said, 'I think this is beyond and above politics.' It feels like something new." — Oprah

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Photo credits:
State Senator Barack Obama smiling. Associated Press/Photographer: M. Spencer Green, Staff
Illinois Senator-elect Barack Obama speaks to reporters. Associated Press/ Photographer: M. Spencer Green, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama close-up. Associated Press/Photographer: Nam Y Huh, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama delivering keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Associated Press/Photographer: Ron Edmonds, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama walking in Capitol. Associated Press/Photographer: Charles Dharapak, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama speaks at the Rainbow/Push Coalition. Associated Press/Photographer: Nam Y Huh, Staff
Harvard Law Building. Associated Press/Photographer: Chitose Suzuki, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama holding his daughter Milia. Associated Press/Photographer: Jeff Roberson, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama with family on couch. Associated Press/Photographer: M. Spencer Green, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama leans over to kiss his daughter Sasha. Associated Press/Photographer: Steve Matteo, Stringer
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama with wife, Michelle waving. Associated Press/Photographer: Charlie Neibergall, Staff
Illinois Senate-elect Barack Obama gazes out window. Associated Press/Photographer: M. Spencer Green, Staff
Oprah and Barack Obama. Photographer: Marc Royce