Hillary Clinton, Earning Her Keep In The Senate
July 18, 2007, 11:11pm
Democrat Hillary Clinton gets more attention as a presidential candidate these days, but shortly after 4 a.m. today, she was the focal point in the Senate chamber, where New York voters last fall sent her to serve a second six-year term.
“The right strategy before the surge and the right strategy now, post-escalation, is the same,” Clinton said in the Senate’s all-night debate about the Iraq war. “Start bringing our troops out of this multi-sided, sectarian civil war.”
Later in the day, after a change of clothes, Clinton took to the floor again to talk about higher education. She touted a bill that, among other things, would authorize the largest increase in Pell grants in more than a decade and implement a “student borrower bill of rights” designed to protect them while they repay their loans.
Categories: New York, Iraq, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Presidency 2008, Hillary Clinton, Education
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July 19th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hillary Clinton knows how important it is for her to be a visible spokesperson against the war in Iraq. This also encourages people to overlook Hillary’s original vote in favor of the war.