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Clinton Gets Gadhafi News on BlackBerry

And she says ... 'wow'

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2011 11:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – So how does a world leader react to big world news? Pretty much the way everyone else does, apparently. "Wow," says Hillary Clinton when she sees unconfirmed reports of Moammar Gadhafi's capture on her BlackBerry. "Huh." (See the CBS video... More »

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