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Va. senator says he’ll back Hillary Clinton

By Ken Thomas
Published May 3, 2014 3:46am ET
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Va. senator says he’ll back Hillary Clinton
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, an early supporter of Barack Obama in 2008, says he is backing Hillary Rodham Clinton for president if the former secretary of state seeks the Democratic nomination in 2016.

The Associated Press obtained a copy of remarks that Kaine plans to deliver Saturday at a breakfast of Democratic activists in Columbia, South Carolina.

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