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thewashingtonnote.com - 11/14/2008

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State?

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Four days ago I published and then quickly "unpublished" this item on Hillary Clinton being in line for Secretary of State: I just received some surprising news -- like, really surprising. The deal is not done -- but at the moment -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the lead to be ...

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