Obama draws crowd to Fairfax for speech

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Nearly 3,000 people packed the Robinson Secondary School gymnasium in Fairfax on Thursday afternoon to hear Sen. Barack Obama’s speech on economic security for women.

The appearance marked Obama’s second speech in Northern Virginia since effectively clinching the Democratic nomination for president June 3. He held a rally at Nissan Pavilion in Prince William County June 5.

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