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Hillary Clinton: So you decide, which makes more sense, to entrust our country to someone who is ready on day one to make the decisions…

On the recordDecember 2, 2007
So you decide, which makes more sense, to entrust our country to someone who is ready on day one to make the decisions and the changes we need, or to put America in the hands of someone with little national or international experience who started running for president as soon as he arrived in the United States Senate.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton contrasts her experience with Obama's in a campaign speech.

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