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Obama delivers speech on education at Hampton University | News10.net | Sacramento, California | Education

Obama delivers speech on education at Hampton University | News10.net | Sacramento, California | Education

Obama delivers speech on education at Hampton University

Lesha Ruffin Last updated 1 hr ago

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama said all Americans have a responsibility to offer every child an education that will help them compete in an economy in which a high school diploma is no longer enough.
Obama delivered the message Sunday during commencement ceremonies at Hampton University, a historically black college at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in southeastern Virginia.
The president told the university's more than 1,000 graduates that they also have the added