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Senator Barack Obama spoke at Carnegie Mellon University on June 26, 2008. Senator Obama ended his three week "Change that Works for You" tour by hosting a summit at Carnegie Mellon on ensuring America's competitiveness in the global economy. The summit brought together economic, educational, community-based and industry leaders to discuss the challenges facing our workforce and craft solutions for the 21st Century. Participating in summit were: Federico Peña, Managing Director, Vestar Capital Partners, Steve Case, Chairman & CEO, Revolution, LLC, Andy Stern, International President, SEIU, Susan Hockfield, President, MIT, Geoffrey Canada, President & CEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Lael Brainard, Vice President and Director, U.S. Competitiveness Initiative, The Brookings Institution, Eli Broad, Founder, The Broad Foundation, John P. Surma, Chairman & CEO, United States Steel Corporation, Rick Wagoner, Chairman & CEO, General Motors, Senator Barack Obama, Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Susan Castillo, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oregon Department of Education, General Jim Jones, USMC (ret), President & CEO, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Vinod Khosla, Founder & Partner, Khosla Ventures. In anticipation of the presidential election this fall, Carnegie Mellon has extended invitations to speak on campus to both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama. The university does not support or oppose any particular candidate and maintains an open door policy to all presidential candidates.

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