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US presidential election

Clinton bows out and backs Obama for president

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: June 7 2008 20:52 | Last updated: June 7 2008 20:52

Hillary Clinton threw her ”full support” behind Barack Obama on Saturday and urged her supporters to do the same as she ended her bid to become America’s first woman president.

”I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run,” she told thousands of supporters in her concession speech in Washington.

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