Obama praises 'outstanding' Clinton speech

White House hopeful Barack Obama hailed an "outstanding" appeal for Democratic unity from his defeated primary rival Hillary Clinton.

White House hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed an "outstanding" appeal for Democratic unity from his defeated primary rival Hillary Clinton.

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"I thought she was outstanding," the Illinois senator said after watching Clinton's convention speech in Denver at the home of local supporters here.

"That was excellent, that was a strong speech. She made the case for why we're going to be unified in November and why we're going to win this election," he said, according to a pool report.