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Clinton: I'll Have Coffee With Palin

Secretary says maybe she could change ex-gov's mind on some issues

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 15, 2009 5:35 AM CST

(AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee. In an interview for broadcast today on NBC's Meet the Press, Clinton says she's never met the onetime GOP vice presidential hopeful and former Alaska governor and... Read full story »

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