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Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars

President Barack Obama smiles during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, with, from left, European High Council High Representative Javier Solana, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, obscured,... Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune

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