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Watch President Obama's UC Irvine Commencement Speech

Will Federman |
June 14, 2014 | 8:16 a.m. PDT

Editor-in-Chief

 

Available to anyone who missed it, the University of California - Irvine now has a video stream of President Obama's commencement speech to its graduating class of 2014. Obama gave his remarks on June 15, 2014 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, at a makeshit podium on the baseball diamond.

The ceremony began at 10:34 a.m. and concluded at 1 p.m., with Obama's remarks around 11:45 a.m. Neon Tommy contributor Ani Ucar also had live coverage of the event via Twitter, through her handle @AniUcar

The President's address comes nearly 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson's land dedication ceremony for the state university. That speech resulted in the eventual creation of the college.

 

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