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Aug 24, 2024
New York [US], August 24: In her speech at the DNC, US Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination to enter a two-horse race with Republican rival Donald Trump in November. With this move, Ms. Kamala Harris officially made her name in the history of the US presidential election as the first woman of color and Asian descent to receive the Democratic nomination in the sprint to the White House.
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