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If i were advising president obama, since he's the one running, i would have made his campaign very simple. i promise that in four years, i will get more americans, as many as i possibly can, the opportunity and access to some form of post-secondary education. i want more of them to graduate high school with the skill-set of post-secondary education and i want more of them to be able to obtain that post-secondary education. this is the only way we are going to close the income gap.
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If I Were Advising President Obama, Since

Thomas Friedman
If i were advising president obama, since he's the one running, i would have made his campaign very simple. i promise that in four years, i will get more americans, as many as i possibly can, the opportunity and access to some form of post-secondary education. i want more of them to graduate high school with the skill-set of post-secondary education and i want more of them to be able to obtain that post-secondary education. this is the only way we are going to close the income gap.
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