1.0 link 110171 <![CDATA[Obama's Sister Becomes Asian-American Surrogate]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/01/obamas-sister-his-surroga_n_110171.html SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama's sister describe the wide arc of his life: beyond politics and Chicago, into his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii.

To many in this crowd Obama's Asian-American half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, represents yet another aspect of Obama's identity that makes him unique as a presidential candidate, although it has been underplayed amid the excitement surrounding his shot at becoming the first black president.

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