Top-Notch Education 'A Moral Obligation,' Obama Tells Throng

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois soaks in the cheers of the crowd at Invesco Field after accepting the Democratic nomination.
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Barack Obama’s promise to “meet our moral obligation to provide a world-class education” sets an ambitious goal that members of the Democratic Party can’t agree how to reach.

“America, we cannot turn back,” the Illinois senator said near the conclusion of his Aug. 28 speech at Invesco Field, a football stadium packed with more than 70,000 people waving flags and raising signs saying “Change.”

“Not with so much work to be done. Not with so...

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