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Hillary Clinton: I think it's important to give just a little context, if I can. You know, the purpose of the agreement was to avoid even…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
I think it's important to give just a little context, if I can. You know, the purpose of the agreement was to avoid even the appearance of a conflict because all of the independent professionals who do this for our government said there was no conflict.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton explains the agreement's purpose to prevent any appearance of conflict.

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