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Obama greeted by Confederate flags in Oklahoma

David Jackson
USA TODAY
People wave Confederate flags outside the hotel where President Obama is staying in Oklahoma City.

A few protesters waving large Confederate battle flags greeted President Obama as he arrived at his hotel in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

Local media reported that Confederate flag supporters also staged an event at an earlier Obama stop in Durant, Okla.

Obama has criticized the flag as a symbol of hate and applauded South Carolina's decision to remove it from the State House grounds after nine African Americans were killed at a church in Charleston.

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