Fueled by a mix of delegates won in the last two states and a score of superdelegate announcements, Sen. Barack Obama claimed the mantle of presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton did not concede the nomination, telling her supporters that she’d take several days to calculate her next political move. See the full report on NewsHour.

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