Hillary Rodham Clinton was a senator from New York the last time Congress was asked to authorize military action in the Middle East. Friends think her vote in 2002 to give President George W. Bush the go-ahead to invade Iraq may have cost her the Democratic nomination — and with it the presidency — in 2008.
Clinton has not spoken publicly about the chemical weapons attack that Obama administration officials say was launched by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, although a Clinton aide issued a statement Tuesday saying that she is behind Obama. “Secretary Clinton supports the president’s effort to enlist the Congress in pursuing a strong and targeted response to the Assad regime’s horrific use of chemical weapons,” the statement said.
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