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| Obama takes Bill Clinton to task |
| US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has accused former president Bill Clinton of making false statements about him.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 21-January-2008
2:53:29 AM |
| Mr Obama said Mr Clinton had taken his support for his wife, Hillary - Mr Obama's main rival for the nomination - to a level that was "troubling".
Mr Obama said his campaign team would have to directly confront the former president in future.
The criticism comes days before the South Carolina primary.
Mr Obama needs to win in South Carolina to re-invigorate his campaign after two recent defeats.
'Fairy tale'
His comments came on ABC's network breakfast programme, Good Morning America.
You know the former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling," Mr Obama said.
"He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts - whether it's about my record of opposition to the war in Iraq or our approach to organising in Las Vegas.
"This has become a habit, and one of the things that we're going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he's making statements that are not factually accurate."
Mr Clinton recently said that Mr Obama's claim that he consistently opposed the Iraq war from the start was "a fairy tale", and that Nevada union officials backing Mr Obama had suppressed the vote of Clinton supporters.
The Clinton campaign stood by the criticisms, saying "facts are facts".
"President Clinton is a huge asset to our campaign and will continue talking to the American people to press the case for Senator Clinton," spokesman Phil Singer said.
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