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Friday, February 27, 2009
News Obama in North Carolina today
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 AM
President Obama will be at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base camp about an hour and a half up coast from Wilmington, N.C., to discuss his plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
A base spokesman said there would be little fanfare for the event. A single American flag has been draped in the field house where Obama will speak. After an invocation and a solo performance of the national anthem, Obama will give his speech and then visit with wounded Marines at the base.At least 24 Marines from North Carolina have been killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and more than 200 have been wounded.
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