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From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Oh.; former Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel, D-Va.; Gov. Bill Richardson, N.M.; Sen. Barack Obama , D-Ill.; Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., at the NAACP forum.