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  Clinton's Planted Question...In 1999
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Last EditedServo  Nov 15, 2007 10:04am
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News DateMonday, November 12, 2007 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThree days after Hillary Clinton's campaign was forced to admit it had planted a question at an Iowa campaign event, an eagle-eyed tipster noted that this wasn't the first time the former First Lady's camp arranged for a friendly voice to lob a softball question.

In announcing her Senate run in 1999, MSNBC reported that "responding to a planted question at a Teachers Union event [Clinton] made it clear she is in the race for the US Senate."

Clinton's aides reacted to the news of the most recent rigged question by saying "this is not standard policy and will not be repeated again."
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