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Clinton Hopes for Female President

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Updated: May 7, 2012 | 8:18 a.m.
May 7, 2012 | 7:16 a.m.

Although she said she will not seek the presidency again, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience in India on Monday that she hopes to see a female president in her lifetime, the Associated Press reported.

Speaking at a town hall meeting in Kolkata, Clinton, who ran hard for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, said she wanted to see “that final glass ceiling” broken, and believes it will happen in coming years, AP reported.

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