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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-11 06:38 AM
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Major teachers union endorses Obama's re-election
Source: AP

CHICAGO (AP) -- The nation's largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Members of the National Education Association voted to support Obama on Monday at their annual convention in Chicago.

In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election.

The endorsement comes a day after Vice President Joe Biden addressed thousands of educators at the convention. The association has 3.2 million members and bills itself as the largest labor union nationwide.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EDUCATION_UNION_OBAMA?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=
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TexDevilDog Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-09-11 07:28 AM
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1. If you consider a story from July 4th "latest breaking news"
you need to get out more. That was so yesterday news.

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