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Back from this three-day western tour, today President Obama will field questions from the Hispanic community and deliver a back-to-school address to students across the country.

In an “Open for Questions” online roundtable the president will respond to questions from readers of Yahoo!, MSN Latino and AOL Latino/Huffington Post Latino Voices.

Later this afternoon, Obama will deliver his third annual back-to-school address at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C., where the president will urge students to study hard for the future of the country and pursue higher education.

Finally, the president and vice president will meet privately today with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.