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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (112738)	4/9/2008 11:59:30 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) of 132070

Is she lying ??? you make the call Clinton rejects free-trade views of her husband Clinton ASSOCIATED PRESS The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that the candidate's husband, former President Bill Clinton, supports a free-trade agreement with Colombia that she strenuously opposes. The acknowledgment adds new hurdles to Mrs. Clinton's bid to woo Democratic voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere who think free-trade agreements have eliminated thousands of U.S. jobs. On Sunday, the senator from New York demoted her chief campaign strategist for his role in promoting the Colombia pact. Mrs. Clinton told union activists yesterday that she would do everything in her power to defeat the Colombia Free Trade Agreement now before Congress. Her campaign spokesman, Jay Carson, said in response to a query from the Associated Press that the senator's opposition is "clear and firm." He added: "Like other married couples who disagree on issues from time to time, she disagrees with her husband on this issue. President Clinton has been public about his support for Colombia's request for U.S. trade preferences since 2000." Mr. Clinton has been his wife's most prominent campaign surrogate and advocate for months. A high point of his presidency was passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which his wife now criticizes. White House records show that as first lady, Mrs. Clinton attended several meetings designed to build congressional support for NAFTA in the early 1990s. She said she had reservations about the pact at the time and made her feelings known in such gatherings. Speaking about the Colombia trade deal yesterday to a meeting of the Communication Workers of America (CWA), she said: "As I have said for months, I oppose the deal. I have spoken out against the deal. I will vote against the deal and I will do everything I can to urge the Congress to reject the Colombia free-trade agreement."

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