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NAACP chair says race still looms large in the U.S.

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It's been a week of firsts for President Bush.  On Wednesday, the president cast his first veto as president, and on Thursday, Bush delivered his first speech at the NAACP convention as president. Bush is the first president in 80 years to go his full first term without addressing the group.

President Bush at the NAACP convention

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