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Hillary Clinton: I think that President Obama... made the decisions that I thought were the right decisions, given what he had inherited.

On the recordJune 22, 2011
I think that President Obama... made the decisions that I thought were the right decisions, given what he had inherited.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton defends Obama's decisions regarding U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.

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