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Obama to campaign with Clinton in Wisconsin

Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson, Reuters

President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid on June 9 and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.

Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it “means the world” to her that Obama has her back.

The endorsement increases pressure on Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, to concede the race so the party can focus on campaigning against Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee for the Nov. 8 election.

“It is absolutely a joy and an honor that President Obama and I over the years have gone from fierce competitors to true friends,” Clinton told Reuters in an interview.

Obama defeated Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary and she went on to serve as secretary of state in his first term.

Obama, who enjoys strong approval ratings after nearly eight years in office, will campaign with Clinton next week in Wisconsin, her campaign said.

“I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” Obama said of Clinton in a video.

“I’m with her. I am fired up, and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary,” Obama said.

Obama had been expected to support Clinton since she won enough delegates this week to clinch the Democratic nomination and become the first woman to lead a major U.S. party as its presidential nominee.

Sanders, who met with Obama at the White House earlier on June 9, said afterward he would work with Clinton to defeat Trump.

Sanders said, however, that he would stay in the race to compete in the final Democratic primary vote in Washington, D.C., on June 14.

Later on June 9, the president and vice president planned to hold a celebration for LGBT Pride at the White House.

Reporting by Emily Stephenson, additional reporting by Ginger Gibson, Steve Holland, Roberta Rampton, Megan Cassella, Doina Chiacu and Alana Wise in Washington; Editing by Alistair Bell and Frances Kerry.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walks with President Barack Obama to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9. — PHOTO: REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walks with President Barack Obama to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9. — PHOTO: REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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