"I will push myself forward, and I will carry her with me every step of the way, " said Thomas Luong, her roommate and friend since high school.

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And McCain said Clinton promised to push for it "at every available forum, " starting with his State of the Union address on Feb. 4.

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He said he would push for the creation of a eurozone economic government with a real president, to meet every month.

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Every time it looks as if the government might push for British entry, the pound weakens, with currency traders reckoning that a decision to go in would prompt the government actively to try to depress the pound's value ahead of entry.

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