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Updated at 2:11 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2008

ELECTION '08
New Obama ad features sister, grandmother

USA Today

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Honolulu resident Maya Soetoro-Ng, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's sister, is among those featured in his latest television ad aimed at Pennsylvania voters.

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Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who blazed some trails for women in Hawai'i banking circles, is also featured in the TV ad.

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Michelle Obama speaks out in support of her husband in Barack Obama's latest ad aimed at Pennsylvania voters.

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Barack Obama, seen surrounded by his wife and two children, had the women in his life give testimonials in his latest TV ad.

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USA Today's Mark Memmott reports in the On Politics blog that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's latest television ad aimed at Pennsylvania voters includes testimonials from his sister and grandmother, both Honolulu residents.

Sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, a history teacher at La Pietra Hawai'i School for Girls, and grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who blazed some trails for women in Hawai'i banking circles, speak about Obama.

See the video here.