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Clinton aims to make her mark in China

 

Published 2/15/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

The secretary of State is pressing the case that she should have control over policies related to China, not economic officials, as they did under Bush. She may raise touchy issues with Beijing. > When Hillary Rodham Clinton needed a way to restore her reputation after the failure of her 1990s healthcare initiative, China provided the opportunity. (link)

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