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Obama Campaign Drops Rev. Wright

Minister prone to provocative statements will no longer advise the Illinois senator

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 15, 2008 5:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jeremiah Wright, the militant Chicago minister and spiritual adviser to Barack Obama, is off the senator’s campaign, CNN reports. Wright will no longer sit on the senator’s African-American Religious Leadership Committee, the campaign announced. Obama has often said he rejects the reverend’s... Read full story »

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Obama Campaign Drops Rev. Wright

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