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Obama will travel to Boston on Thursday

Anita Kumar - McClatchy Washington Bureau

April 16, 2013 5:31 PM

President Barack Obama will travel to Boston Thursday following the pair of Monday bombings.

He will speak at an interfaith service dedicated to those who were gravely wounded or killed.

Obama had planned to travel to the University of Kansas on Friday, but that trip has been cancelled.

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