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Foreign Advisers See Advantages of a Secretary Clinton in an Obama Administration

Nov. 15, 2008
Advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama said that the two are not as far apart on foreign policy as they seemed to be during the primary battle.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler