• Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Obama to Address Wesleyan U. Graduates in Kennedy's Place

Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, will replace Sen. Edward M. Kennedy as commencement speaker at Wesleyan University this weekend, the Associated Press reported today.

The Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts received a diagnosis of brain cancer on Tuesday, and initially it was not known if he would speak at the Wesleyan commencement, on Sunday.

Senator Kennedy endorsed Senator Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in January.