US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 18, 2008. White House hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday condemned “profoundly distorted” sermons by his former pastor, but refused to disown the fiery religious leader and insisted that the United States was capable of overcoming its bitter racial divide. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

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