Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama arrives at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2008 to deliver his speech accepting his party's presidential nomination.
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