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Obama Team To Speak At UAlbany

Three men very close to Barack Obama who assisted and advised him, crafting his campaign as he rose from freshman Senator to presidential candidate and beyond, will be in Albany tonight for a public event.

The University at Albany Student Association's  "World Within Reach" speaker series, which has featured President Clinton and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons in the past, will host David Axelrod, David Plouffe and Jon Favreau for a night "Inside the Obama Campaign." Axelrod is Obama's former senior advisor, Plouffe was his campaign strategist and Favreau was the president's speechwriter.

The event marks the first speaking engagement in which Axelrod, Plouffe, and Favreau have appeared onstage together. The event begins at 8 p.m. at UAlbany's SEFCU Arena on the uptown Washington Avenue campus.

Axelrod, Plouffe, and Favreau have appeared onstage together. The event begins at 8 p.m. at UAlbany's SEFCU Arena on the uptown Washington Avenue campus.

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.