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30-second spot features testimonials from his half-sister, Maya Soetoro Ng, grandmother Madelyn Dunham and wife Michelle.

Watch it above. Read script here.

New York Times: "The ad seeks to capture Mr. Obama's ability to relate to other people on a personal level, hence the toned-down intimate portrait of a family man."

One of four ads Obama launched over the past two days in the state.

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Tuesday, July 7

    • 1:00 am
    • President Obama meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and has a working breakfast at Prime Minister Putin's dacha
    • 3:00 am
    • President Obama meets with former President Mikhail Gorbachev at Gostinny Dvor
    • 3:15 am
    • President Obama delivers commencement address at ceremonies for the 2009 graduating class of the New Economic School at Gostinny Dvor
    • 5:40 am
    • President Obama meets one-on-one with President Medvedev at The Kremlin
    • 6:10 am
    • Barack and Michelle Obama attend lunch reception hosted by President Medvedev at The Kremlin
    • 7:25 am
    • President Obama and President Medvedev meet with Parallel Business Summit at the Manezh Exhibition Hall
    • 8:20 am
    • President Obama meets with the Parallel Civil Society Summit at the Metropol Hotel
    • 9:35 am
    • President Obama meets with Russian opposition leaders at the Ritz Carlton

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