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June 25, 2003

Secretary of Education Rod Paige praises the 2003 Presidential Scholars.

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Transcript: It all began with thousands of applications, and it ended with this incredibly gifted group of 137 young people.

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Transcript: You are pretty amazing. Just to give you some sense of what I mean, think about this: In the 39 years since another President from Texas, Lyndon Johnson, began this program, America.s high schools have turned out more than one hundred and nine million graduates. But only four thousand Presidential Scholars.

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