Obama: ‘I will be the Democratic nominee’
Barack Obama will officially claim the Democratic Party’s nomination Tuesday night, according to his prepared remarks.
“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States,” Obama said in his victory speech after effectively locking up the Democratic nomination.
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This video is from CNN.com, broadcast June 3, 2008.
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