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- 06-09-2010
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By Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times
President Obama has been telling the nation that he takes responsibility for cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Monday, he imparted his buck-stops-here philosophy to an audience of high school graduates, telling them: “Don’t make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes. Take responsibility where you fall short as well.” Mr. Obama spent the morning in Washington meeting with cabinet officials to discuss the oil spill. Hours later, he was standing in a university gymnasium before about 280 graduates and their families as the commencement speaker for Kalamazoo Central High School, which won a nationwide competition to promote his Race to the Top education initiative. (more...)
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