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Obama speaks at Elijah Cummings’ funeral

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore on Friday. (Julio Cortez-Pool/Getty Images)

By Graham MacGillivray

Posted October 25, 2019 at 2:11pm

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Former President Barack Obama spoke Friday at the funeral of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Maryland, at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore.

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