AP: Clinton meets with Karzai, U.S. troops

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Clinton meets with Karzai, U.S. troops

By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer

4 minutes ago

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ate with U.S. soldiers
from New York and Indiana at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday
before meeting with the top U.S. general in Afghanistan and President Hamid
Karzai, officials said.

Clinton, a Democrat from New York who is considering running for president,
traveled here with U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh (news, bio, voting record), a Democrat
from Indiana, and Rep. John McHugh (news, bio, voting record), a Republican
from upstate New York. All three are members of armed services committees.

On Friday, Clinton said she is hearing "increasingly troubling reports out of
Afghanistan" and would be searching for "accurate information about the true
state of affairs" militarily and politically on her trip.

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Her meetings with U.S. military officials and Karzai were closed, and the senator
did not make any statements to the media.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_clinton_visit

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1. Hillary is surely making the rounds, isn't she? At least maybe now she

might take a firm stand on something.