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To: D. Long who wrote (421626)	4/13/2011 12:26:24 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793896

His college friends at both Occidental and Columbia were all Pakistanis from wealthy families. They all live in the US now. Most of his US classmates probably didn't know Obama was American. Probably figured he was a foreign student they'd never see again after college. From some notes I made some time ago - his college friends/roommates: Imad Husain, a Pakistani and Obama's freshman roommate at Occidental. Husain is now a Boston banker. Mohammed Hasan Chandoo, a wealthy Pakistani friend of Obama when he was a freshman. He is a now a self-employed financial consultant living in Armonk, New York. Wahid Hamid, a wealthy Pakistani friend of Obama when he was a freshmam. Hamid and Obama traveled to Karachi, Pakistan after graduation from Occidental and stayed with the Chandoo family. Hamid is now a vice president at Pepsico in New York City. Vinai Thummalapally, an Obama college roommate in the summer of 1980. Thummalapally is from Hyderabad, India. Obama visited Hyderabad, India and Karachi, Pakistan during a three week period with Wahid Hamid after his graduation from Occidental. He is president of a CD and DVD manufacturing company in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sohale Siddiqi is called "Sadik" in Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father, and is described as "a short, well-built Pakistani" who smoked marijuana, snorted cocaine and liked to party. Siddiqi was from Karachi, Pakistan, and Obama's roommate when he attended Columbia University. Siddiqi was not a student at Columbia and became an illegal having over stayed his tourist visa. Obama knew Saddiqi from Occidental. Siddiqi claims Obama stopped using drugs when he arrived at Columbia. Siddiqi is a recovering drug addict and now lives in Seattle working for a community theater.