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Arizona: Dick Durbin

October 30, 2009 - 08:24 am
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

President Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act

By AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

From the White House Blog "This Is About Whether We Value One Another":

[On Wednesday] the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act became law, and the President hosted a reception to celebrate a victory decades in the making and steeped in blood and pain. Amongst those attending were the families of the victims for which the law was named, as well as civil rights community leaders. Below are the President’s remarks in full.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you so much, and welcome to the White House. There are several people here that I want to just make mention of because they helped to make today possible.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:42

Today's convention schedule

By Politicker Staff

The fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, with a theme of "Change You Can Believe In."

The final day's events will take place at INVESCO Field at Mile High, where over 70,000 people are expected to attend.

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