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Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero : NPR

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"President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less.
'As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,' Obama said, weighing in for the first time on a controversy that has riven New York City and the nation."

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