January 17, 2008

Clinton tries to mend ties to blacks (AP)

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts as she receives a cap and a tee-shirt before speaking at the Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign tried to mend ties to black voters Thursday when a key supporter apologized to her chief rival, Barack Obama, for comments that hinted at Obama's drug use as a teenager. The candidate herself, meanwhile, praised the Rev. Martin Luther King and promised to assist with the rebirth of this troubled, largely black city.


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