Obama Shouts Out Hilda Solis In Barnard Commencement

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President Obama urged Barnard College graduates to aim high in a commencement address Monday that included a story about Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. 

“I think of a friend of mine who is the daughter of immigrants — when she was in high school, her guidance counselor told her, ‘You are just not college material. You should think about becoming a secretary,'” Obama said. But Solis did go to college and ultimately, he said, “Hilda Solis did end up becoming a secretary. … She is America’s secretary of labor.”

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