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  Clinton accuses Barack Obama of plagiarism
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News DateMonday, February 18, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionHillary Clinton has accused Barack Obama of plagiarism as the former First Lady attempts to drag her high-flying young opponent into a pitched battle for the Democratic nomination.

Barack Obama was forced to fend off the plagiarism claims during a news conference following a tour of a titanium plant in Ohio

However, he has been forced into the unwelcome distraction of fighting off charges from Mrs Clinton's camp that he lacks credibility after he used a short passage from a speech by his friend Deval Patrick, the Governor of Massachusetts, nearly verbatim and without attribution.

Howard Wolfson, Mrs Clinton's chief spokesman, said: "Senator Obama's campaign is largely premised on the strength of his rhetoric and his promises, because he doesn't have a long record in public life. When the origin of his oratory is called into question, it raises questions about his overall candidacy."

Speaking at a titanium plant in Ohio, where Mr Obama was trying to focus on his ideas for saving US jobs, he said Mr Patrick had suggested he use the words.
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