Obama Cancels Keynote Speech at Planned Parenthood Gala
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Pro-life groups won a minor victory following White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's announcement that the president will not be the keynote speaker at Planned Parenthood's annual gala Thursday at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C.
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(Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing)U.S. President Barack Obama walks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 15, 2013.
Obama and the First Lady will instead attend a memorial service in West, Texas, for those who died last week in the fertilizer plant explosion.
During Wednesday's press briefing Carney told reporters that Obama will, however, speak at the Planned Parenthood national conference on Friday morning.
The organization spent $4 million on the president's 2008 campaign and $15 million on political ad campaigns to support his re-election, according to the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that tracks data on political spending.
“We are honored to have President Obama join us … at this pivotal moment for women's health,” said Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards in an earlier statement.
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2013-04-25 06:00:12
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