One reason President Obama picked Osawatomie, Kan., about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, for his speech Tuesday was a historical tie. Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, spoke in the town in 1910, a year after he left the presidency. In that address, to a crowd estimated at 30,000, Roosevelt advocated what he called a "New Nationalism where everyone gets a fair chance, a square deal and an equal opportunity to succeed," the White House said. MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE
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