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riversedge

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Wed Jul 27, 2016, 05:03 AM Jul 2016

Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party

This deserves to be posted in Hillary Group--Love the title (btw--you can still give it a Rec in LBN)




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Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party


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Source: NBC News

PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton is now officially the Democratic presidential nominee, making history as the first woman ever to secure the backing of a major American political party.

Clinton was formally nominated on the second evening of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, more than nine years after launching her first presidential bid. It was largely an evening of unity after an opening night marked by resistance from die-hard supporters of Democratic runner-up, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

As a symbolic gesture, Sanders' name also was placed in nomination. Her former foe smiled and applauded from a box seat as supporters praised his "revolution" and his fight for progressive policy proposals during the nomination procedure.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-becomes-first-female-nominee-major-u-s-political-n617406






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Hillary Clinton Becomes First Female Nominee of Major U.S. Political Party (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2016 OP
Thanks rivers! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #1
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