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Rice: Obama election encourages people worldwide (AP)

 
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not "race-blind" and "we shouldn't deceive ourselves that we're race-blind," but said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history. (link)

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