Photo: #President Barack Obama greets the audience after speaking about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, in this file photo from May 10, 2011.
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President Barack Obama greets the audience after speaking about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, in this file photo from May 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Midwest barnstorming: President Obama's goals


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President Obama lands in Minnesota today at the start of a three-day bus tour of the Midwest. Obama says he hopes to reconnect with voters in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois; what are the motivations behind this bus ride through the heartland?

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