How Barack Obama Prepared His Speech

President-elect Barack Obama and his team of writers, including David Axelrod, made refinements to his speech at Blair House on the eve of his historic Inaugural Address
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Preparing to Make History
President-elect Barack Obama and his team of writers, including David Axelrod, right, made refinements to his speech at Blair House on the eve of his historic Inaugural Address

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