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Obama Speech To Students Faces Opposition

Sep. 4, 2009
School districts across the country have been inundated with phone calls from parents and are struggling to address the controversy that broke out after the Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a letter to principals urging schools to tune in.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler