{"id":130488,"date":"2015-07-01T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T15:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=130488"},"modified":"2015-07-01T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T15:26:57","slug":"obamas-brother-sells-revealing-handwritten-letter-from-1995-in-which-president-to-be-reveals-political-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=130488","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s brother sells revealing handwritten letter from 1995 in which president-to-be reveals political ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Obama’s half-brother has sold a handwritten letter the president sent him 20 years ago – revealing he planned to venture into politics to tackle ‘some serious issues blacks face here’.<\/p>\n

It is the third personal note Malik Abongo ‘Roy’ Obama has auctioned in recent years.<\/p>\n

But this, dated 23 July 1995, is perhaps the most revealing about the president-to-be’s political ambitions.<\/p>\n

‘Some colleagues of mine here have talked me into running for the Illinois State Senate (like being an MP for a province),’ Obama, then a 33-year-old lawyer in Chicago, wrote to his paternal brother in Kenya.<\/p>\n

‘I have agreed, since I have an interest in politics to deal with some serious issues blacks face here.’<\/p>\n

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This is the letter President Obama wrote to his half-brother in Kenya revealing why he was running for Senate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Malik has always maintained a loving relationship with the president but this year called him a ‘schemer’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He adds: ‘Of course, it involves a lot of campaigning, going to meetings and so on, which I don\u2019t find so attractive.<\/p>\n

‘Anyway, if I win it will only be a part-time post, and I will continue my work as a lawyer.’<\/p>\n

The updates are a fragment of the jovial note, which starts ‘Hey there, brother!’ and jokes about Malik’s love life.<\/p>\n

‘I received your postcard, along with the news that you’ve found a new wife. Man, I must say you don’t fool around! Please write and tell me more about her. A photo would also be nice, although I have no doubt that she is beautiful.’<\/p>\n

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Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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