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Obama Traveling To New York, Pennsylvania On Friday

President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The president announced t... President Barack Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt, from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. The president announced that the US is canceling joint military exercise with Egypt amid violence. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS
By Tom Kludt
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August 20, 2013 8:55 a.m.
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President Barack Obama will detail plans to make college more affordable with a pair of events scheduled for this Friday in Pennsylvania and New York, the White House said.

Obama will first travel to Vestal, N.Y. for a town hall at Binghamton University. It is slated to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET.

From there, Obama will press on to Scranton, Pa., where he’ll be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, a native of the northeastern Pennsylvania community. Obama and Biden will both deliver remarks at the event, which is scheduled to start at 4:55 p.m. ET.

 

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