Mrs Clinton stressed the importance of China and the US working together on sensitive issues.

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At the meeting, Clinton stressed the need for the State Department to implement a review board's recommendations for improving the security at high-threat diplomatic posts, officials said.

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Mrs Clinton has stressed her credentials as a cradle Methodist who once thought of becoming a minister.

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Clinton has stressed her Midwestern roots in an effort to repeat her winning mix of working-class white voters, women and seniors.

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The official stressed that Clinton's trip was strictly a private humanitarian mission and did not include pressing international issues, including North Korea's nuclear program, on the agenda.

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But Schwartz stressed Thursday that Clinton's lifestyle has nothing to do with his hospitalization.

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It is also the quality Mr Bush stressed above others to distinguish his administration from Bill Clinton's.

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Mr Obama's association with the likes of Messrs Wright and Rezko also raises doubts about his judgment, a virtue that he has stressed, particularly over the Iraq war, to trump Mrs Clinton's claim to experience.

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And she stressed to me again she's not angry at Hillary Clinton - in fact, she might vote for her, she told me - but she was disappointed that day that she was given no money for her service.

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Clinton encouraged the free press and the rights of workers, women and children, and stressed that education is crucial in promising a prosperous future.

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