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Published 12/3/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
CQPolitics.com - A constitutional provision that has prompted questions from an outside group about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's eligibility to become Secretary of State has Senate Democratic leaders scrambling to craft a legislative fix. But the matter is unlikely to slow the New York Democrat's confirmation.
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