Clinton Denies NAFTA Comment

03/07/2008 06:37:31


TORONTO (AP) -- The Canadian prime minister's chief of staff says someone in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign told him to take the presidential candidate's tough-on-NAFTA talk with "a grain of salt."

That's according to a report by the Canadian Press. A Clinton spokesman says the campaign "flatly denied" the suggestion.

A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper e-mailed The Associated Press saying that chief of staff "Ian Brodie is alleged to have made an offhand comment about a rumor to a reporter." She writes that, "He does not recall saying it."

Just days ago, a government memo said a top Barack Obama adviser told Canadian officials the Illinois senator's own NAFTA comments were for "political positioning."

Some Democrats, as well as Canadian opposition parties, accuse Harper's Conservative government of meddling in the U.S. primary elections.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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