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Published 8/11/2008 by emilyes at CNN Political Ticker

Mark Penn was Hillary Clinton's chief strategist. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Hillary Clinton’s chief strategist wanted to attack Sen. Barack Obama for lacking “American roots” during the Democratic primary battle, according to a magazine article set to come out Tuesday. “All of these articles about his boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii are geared towards [...] (link)

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