If Obama told grads the truth
President should wish good luck at commencements because they’ll need it
Students, faculty and parents, it is my honor to deliver a commencement speech today. I am about to do something I have never done as president: tell it like it is.
Back in 2008, I was nothing but an idea — a blank canvas upon which millions painted whatever image they wanted to see.
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