Michelle Obama scraps graduation speech

Published April 24, 2014 6:51pm ET



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THE HILL — First lady Michelle Obama is scrapping her plans to deliver a graduation speech for high school seniors in Topeka, Kan., after hundreds signed a petition in protest.

Instead of delivering a graduation speech, Obama will speak before the school district the day before graduation, and will deliver remarks at a “Senior Recognition Day.”

Read more at The Hill.