Obama gets warm welcome

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President Barack Obama was greeted in Costa Mesa Wednesday by chants of "Obama, Obama" from a mostly young, enthusiastic crowd of 1,000 people, most of whom had spent Monday night waiting for tickets to the free, but limited Town Hall at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Daily News.

Obama was scheduled to address the crowd at 4 p.m. but the crowd didn't have to wait - the president arrived 15 minutes early.

He told the group that they need a government that will do things right now.

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