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(2009-05-03 03:08:01)
Obama praises Kemp's work on race, class as way to reach 'common aim of a team to win'
President Barack Obama says Jack Kemp's work in politics shaped not just his Republican Party, but also the country.
Obama remembers the quarterback-turned-politician as someone who held strong beliefs and who learned valuable lessons on the football field. Obama said in a statement Sunday that Kemp understood that divisions involving race and class stood in the way of the country's common goals.
Kemp died Saturday of cancer at the age of 73. He was a congressman from New York, a Cabinet secretary and the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 1996.
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