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On the recordJanuary 6, 2008
There's nothing wrong with experience, but she's not an agent of change. I mean, in order to be an agent of change, you have to reject the way Washington operates.
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Edwards critiques Clinton's claim of being a change agent due to her long-standing experience in Washington.

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