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Senator Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Dunmore on Tuesday.  The meeting will be held at the Dunmore Community Center, 1414 Monroe Ave. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are free and can be obtained at Lackawanna County’s Obama campaign headquarters, 114 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, on Sunday, from 1 to 10 p.m., and on Monday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The Washington Post covers Barack’s speech at the Irish Society of Women dinner.  [Washington Post]

Democratic contenders Sens. Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) will participate in MTV’s Choose or Lose campaign via a discussion with young Iraq war veterans on the fifth anniversary of the war.  Clinton and Obama will not appear together. Rather, each candidate will talk to the same eight veterans: Chris Weimer, Ernest Johnson, Ryan Groves, Max Nitze, Wendell Guillermo, Jessica McDermott, Christina Correa and Herold Noel.  Obama’s portion of the event is being taped Monday in Scranton, while Clinton will meet with the veterans Tuesday in Lancaster.  [BroadcastNewsroom]

Last week it was Senator Hillary Clinton, today Senator Barack Obama is in Scranton, making two campaign stops. The first stop after arriving at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport was downtown Scranton and Whistles Pub, where the senator was greeted with a smattering of cheers. He offered a quick wave before walking inside the bar for a scheduled round-table discussion with Iraq war veterans. The event is sponsored by MTV. The senator is also slated to be the keynote speaker at the Society of Irish Women dinner at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station later this evening.

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Democratic presidential candidate New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, will campaign in Scranton later today. Ms. Clinton will appear at her mother’s downtown Scranton headquarters, 222 Wyoming Ave. The event is billed as the official grand opening of the headquarters, which has actually been open for more than a week. [The Citizens Voice]

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gov. Ed Rendell will appear at Scranton’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. In answer to a shout from the crowd, the Democratic presidential hopeful told Monday’s Scranton High School rally, “I love the Irish.” And Clinton says she will return with Rendell for the parade on Saturday. Parade association President Thomas Cawley says organizers were expecting about 10,000 people for the event. Cawley says when word gets out that Clinton and Rendell will appear, “it will bring a lot more people downtown.” [Philly.com]  Editor’s Note:  Enough Hillary, I want some Obama love.

The Times-Tribune has a time line of her visit to the Electric City.