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Hillary Clinton: I don't think the president should put the prestige of the presidency on the line in the first year to have meetings…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
I don't think the president should put the prestige of the presidency on the line in the first year to have meetings without preconditions with five of the worst dictators in the world.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton expresses her concerns about the president's approach to foreign policy, particularly regarding meetings with dictators.

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