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New York: Hillary Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager's high school graduation on Monday.
The girl, Aleatha Williams, a campaign volunteer and the daughter of a supporter, introduced the senator to fellow graduates from Pelham Preparatory Academy in the Bronx as "my aunt."
Clinton said she had known Aleatha "and her wonderful mother, Patricia," since the girl was two and had promised her when she graduated from eighth grade that she would attend her high school graduation.
"Four years later, here I am with all of you," Clinton said.
The New York senator ended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president on June 7 and endorsed Barack Obama, who has clinched the nomination.
"No one five years ago, no one four years ago, when I attended Aleatha's graduation lunch, could have predicted that an African-American and a woman would have been competing for the presidency of the United States in the year 2008," Clinton said.
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