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Obama to unveil $12 billion community college plan

DC (7/14/2009)

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BarackObama/idUSTRE56D1RA20090714

President Barack Obama will unveil a $12 billion initiative on Tuesday to boost community colleges and propel the United States toward his goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, administration officials said.

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