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Obama stays neutral in Duke-North Carolina rivalry

 

Published 2/12/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) — Apparently ever the consensus-builder, President Barack Obama avoided taking sides in the perennial feud that is the Duke-North Carolina men's college basketball rivalry. President Obama was meeting with a group of regional reporters Wednesday to pitch his stimulus package — just hours before the Tobacco Road showdown in Durham, North Carolina — when the [...] (link)

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