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Clinton apologizes to Obama for aide's drug remark

In an extraordinary exchange on the freezing tarmac, between their campaign planes, Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized to Barack Obama Thursday after a key Clinton backer in New Hampshire raised the possibility Obama had once dealt drugs.

Bill Shaheen, Clinton's New Hampshire co-chairman and the state's former first husband, stepped down Thursday after telling The Washington Post on Wednesday...

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