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Obama Visits 50th State With Graduation Speech In Watertown

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WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama checks the 50th state off his list of places to visit with a planned commencement speech in Watertown

The Democrat stopped in South Dakota in 2008 while campaigning for the party’s nomination and spoke last year in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation that straddles South Dakota.

But he began the year four states short of having visited all 50, something only three other presidents have done. The White House quickly scheduled trips to Idaho and South Carolina before a Utah stop in April.

Obama plans to pitch his trade policy at Nike headquarters in Oregon and then promote his plan for free community or technical college education Friday at the Lake Area Technical Institute graduation ceremony at the Watertown Civic Arena.

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