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Clinton, Obama Debate, Apologize for Misstatements

NPR

By Mara Liasson

Published April 17, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had their 21st debate Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Less than a week before the Pennsylvania primary, the debate was bitter and rehashed incendiary topics, including Reverend Jeremiah Wright and the Bosnia sniper story.

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Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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