Rising Star

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., signs his new book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream after a presentation on Oct. 26 in  Benaroya Hall in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. Obama called for changes in the nation's Iraq policy and improvements in health care, education and climate change but did not discuss a potential bid for U.S. president in 2008.