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Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama's call for Americans to “commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training" seemed "perfectly reasonable," the latest Republican to draw into question Rick Santorum's weekend comments in which he denounced the president as a "snob" for encouraging higher education.

Santorum was referencing comments Obama made during a 2009 address to Congress in which he called on all Americans to commit to seeking some sort of higher education.

"So tonight I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training," Obama said. "This can be a community college or a four-year school, vocational training or an apprenticeship. But whatever the training may be, every American will need to get more than a high school diploma." 

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