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Clinton, Obama debate marked by cautious civility

Their words were civil but the body language told a different story.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama were on their best behavior at the CNN/Politico/Los Angeles Times debate here Thursday night -- confounding expectations that their first head-to-head confrontation would devolve into a name-calling fight.

"I was friends with Hillary Clinton before we started this campaign and...

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