Barack Obama tells Democrats of Kamala Harris: 'Yes, she can'

Former president says America is ready for a new story, not a Trump sequel

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20 in Chicago.  © AP

KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent

CHICAGO -- Twenty years after Barack Obama gave an electrifying speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, which set the relatively obscure state senator on a path to becoming president four years later, he took the stage on Tuesday and spoke again of a better tomorrow.

"We live in a time of such confusion and rancor," Obama said on the second night of the four-day convention that will anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for November's election.

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