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March 24. 2009 10:45AM
Jenkins issues statement about ND’s choice of Obama
Tribune Staff Report

The Rev. John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, released the following written statement regarding the choice of President Barack Obama as the 2009 commencement speaker:

“Presidents from both parties have come to Notre Dame for decades to speak to our graduates – and to our nation and world – about a wide range of pressing issues – from foreign policy to poverty, from societal transformation to social service. We are delighted that President Obama will follow in this long tradition of speaking from Notre Dame on issues of substance and significance.

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