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obama met with two top bay area school officials today as part of an effort to improve struggling incity schools. the super intent dent richard spoke with the president today at the white house about a the progress at the city schools and the new common core curriculum. >> the challenge that we face is that this is a monumental task and it requires resources. >> president obama believes adequate federal funding is key to improving troubled schools. hodge, a member of the school board was part of the meeting today which included school officials from all over the country. >>> vice president joe biden says the federal budget has $41 million set aside to clear a backlog of rape kits used to collect and preserve forensic evidence connected to a crime. there are 400,000 untested kids in the u.s. right now. the vice president toured a facility in maryland today where he said testing these kids needs to be a priority to bring closure to victims and justice. the i-team has investigated a rape kit backlog and found thousands of untested kids sitting on police shelves here in the bay area. >>> in