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Firebrand Pastor Worried Obama Campaign Early

Aides uninvited Wright from Barack candidacy announcement

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2008 10:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama’s campaign uninvited his controversial former pastor Jeremiah Wright from speaking at his candidacy announcement last year, reports the Los Angeles Times. The campaign didn’t want to "make him the target and a distraction on a day when Senator Obama was...   Read full story »

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