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Obama criticizes Clinton on NAFTA
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 25, 2008 11:41am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Honolulu Advertiser |
| News Date | Monday, February 25, 2008 05:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Honolulu Advertiser
Barack Obama struck at rival Hillary Clinton's base of support among blue-collar workers yesterday, accusing her of trying to back away from past support of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is deeply unpopular in this economically lagging industrial state.
Surrounded by workers at a gypsum wall board factory near Cleveland, Obama laid responsibility for NAFTA squarely with her husband's administration, which secured ratification of the treaty. And he quoted from past statements she made supportive of the agreement, including one from 2004.
"Ten years after NAFTA passed, Sen. Clinton said it was good for America," Obama said. "Well, I don't think NAFTA has been good for America — and I never have."
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