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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama implored Americans Saturday to commit to a new declaration of independence — rejecting ideology and bigotry — as he acknowledged the nation faces severe challenges.

"Only a handful of times in our history has a generation been confronted with challenges so vast," he said at a town hall meeting in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.

"An economy that is faltering. Two wars, one that needs to be ended responsibly, one that needs to be waged wisely. A planet that is warming from our unsustainable dependence on oil."

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