Obama's half-brother sells revealing handwritten letter from 1995 in which president-to-be reveals political ambitions

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'.

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It is the third personal note Malik Abongo 'Roy' Obama has auctioned in recent years. But this, dated 23 July 1995, is perhaps the most revealing about the president-to-be's political ambitions. '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. Read more: