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Delicately, Team Clinton Gets Behind Obama

Hillary's camp offers support in exchange for aid on debt

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 26, 2008 8:24 AM CDT

(Newser) – Under the eye of one of Washington's most powerful lawyers, Barack Obama is negotiating with Hillary Clinton over a tangle of issues, from how to retire her campaign debt to what role she will play in this summer's convention. The Democratic party is slowly recovering... Read full story »

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