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Bhutto Killing Probe a Must, Clinton Says

With caucuses looming, candidates add foreign policy to Iowa fracas

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 28, 2007 6:21 PM CST

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton says she wants a probe into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, blasting current Pakistani President Musharraf and, by extension, US support for his regime. "I don't think the Pakistani government at this time under President Musharraf has any credibility at all," the Democratic presidential candidate said today in Iowa. "I am calling for a full independent international investigation."

Bhutto's assassination brings foreign policy into a spotlight growing brighter ahead of Thursday's caucuses. Clinton and fellow Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards have criticized Musharraf's failure to combat militants, Reuters reports. Republican Fred Thompson had a different spin: "I hope that we as candidates … don't start lobbing these ideas that get plenty of attention but are not very sound."

Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., gestures while speaking during a campaign stop in Williamsburg, Iowa, Friday, Dec. 28, 2007. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to local residents during a campaign stop, Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, at Roland-Story Elementary School in Story City, Iowa. (AP... (Associated Press)

Republican Presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (Associated Press)

Republican presidential hopeful, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and his wife Ann, address a crowd during a campaign stop in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. Romney answered questions concerning... (Associated Press)

Democratic presidential hopeful and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards speaks during a rally at Mulligans Grill pub in Waukon, Iowa, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (Associated Press)

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