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Obama speech on race presses campaign to address divisions
In Philadelphia the candidate delivered a 30 minute speech at the National Constitution Center addressing racial resentment stirred by his former pastor Jeremiah Wright. He emphasized understanding roots of anger, rejecting Wright's divisive remarks while defending the multiracial family that raised him and urging unity to tackle health care education and jobs.
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