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Hillary Keeps Quiet About Corporate Years

Hopeful heralds her non-profit work over high-paying gigs

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2008 5:15 PM CST

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton trumpets her non-profit work on the campaign trail rather than the 15 years she spent representing big companies for a corporate law firm, McClatchy Newspapers reports. She did do much public service work in Little Rock, but also sat on corporate boards (like... Read full story »

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