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Obama campaign: Clinton should renounce remarks

The explanation is "tortured," Obama's press secretary says.

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The drug war continues: In a statement, Barack Obama spokesman Bill Burton says he finds it “troubling” that neither Hillary Clinton nor her campaign “is willing to condemn” Bob Johnson for suggesting — although he denies doing so — that Barack Obama was using drugs while the Clintons were working for civil rights. Burton calls Johnson’s explanation of his remarks “tortured.”

By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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