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Hillary Clinton: When you say you're against the Patriot Act as a candidate, and you vote for it as a senator, that is not change. And…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2008
When you say you're against the Patriot Act as a candidate, and you vote for it as a senator, that is not change. And when you give a speech and say you will not vote to fund the war in Iraq, and then you vote for $300 billion of funding, that is not change.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton criticizes Obama's inconsistency regarding his stance on the Patriot Act and the Iraq war funding.

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