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(CNN) — Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton plan to appear together Friday at a rally in Unity, New Hampshire, a town where they tied in the January primary.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, left, and Sen. Barack Obama leave Washington on Friday to fly to New Hampshire for a rally.

The former rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination left Washington together Friday morning for the flight to New Hampshire.

They shared a polite kiss on arrival and sat together on the plane.

Obama and Clinton had nothing but praise for each other as they appeared together at a fundraiser Thursday night.

"It was an extraordinary honor to be alongside her during the course of this campaign," Obama told the gathering in Washington of Clinton’s top fundraisers. "I am a better candidate as a consequence of having run against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Obama backed up his praise with his checkbook: He and his wife, Michelle, each donated $2,300 Thursday to Clinton’s campaign, which is millions of dollars in debt. That’s the maximum an individual can legally donate.

"We have to make it a priority in our lives to elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States," Clinton said, to sustained applause.

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"I know my supporters have extremely strong feelings, and I know Barack’s do as well," Clinton told her fundraisers. "But we are a family, and we have an opportunity now to really demonstrate clearly we do know what’s at stake, and we will do whatever it takes to win back this White House."

Obama sounded a similar theme.

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"I recognize that this room shared the same passion that a roomful of my supporters would show. I do not expect that passion to be transferred. Sen. Clinton is unique, and your relationships with her are unique," he said. "Sen. Clinton and I at our core agree deeply that this country needs to change."

At the end of his remarks, Obama made a direct appeal for support. "I’m going to need Hillary by my side campaigning during his election, and I’m going to need all of you."

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Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe said Friday that the her team had been working to drum up support for Obama since Clinton suspended her campaign earlier this month and endorsed Obama.

"We have done this now for three weeks," he told CNN. "We’ve done conference calls all over the country to all of our people. ‘OK, we tried. We gave it eve

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