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Your 2012 NCAA Championship Kentucky Wildcats will be heading to the White House for a meeting with president Obama:
President Barack Obama has invited the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team to the White House to celebrate its 2012 NCAA championship.
I know that these young men are looking forward to an opportunity to be congratulated by, and shake hands with, the U.S. president at 4:50 PM on Friday. It is an honor afforded to all NCAA Tournament champions since I can remember. I know they will enjoy meeting president Obama and the rest of the nation's leadership in attendance, and it is a priceless experience in civics that they will all take with them for life.
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In today's era of partisan politics, even the simplest expressions of congratulations by politicians are often reduced to their meanest form by those who oppose them. I ask everyone here to resist that urge, leave politics aside, and congratulate our young men on the opportunity to meet our nation's leader. It is truly a great honor for them, and for Kentucky basketball, to be so recognized.