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President Obama Comes to School

Source: The Progressive
Madison : WI : USA | 21 days ago  
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Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, when the President came to town. "The President of the United States is here in the same place where you walk the halls, where you learn," Wright principal Nancy Evans told the students. "Take this moment in history as nourishment."
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