Blacks in Congress Torn Over Candidates

African American members of Congress, many under enormous pressure from their constituents, are grappling with the question of whether they should abandon their support of Hillary Rodham Clinton and back Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane

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