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Morning Update: Civil Liberties and Human Rights

by campaign2008
June 19, 2007

Benjamen Wittes, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, writes in the latest Policy Review on the Bush administration and military tribunals, arguing civil liberties and human rights violations have yet to pick up traction as a campaign issue. Obama-Clinton: Barack Obama apologized for a memo his campaign circulated last week criticizing Hillary Clinton’s investments and ties in India. That memo, which referred to Clinton as “Clinton (D-Punjab),” sparked anger among some Asian-American voters.

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