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Mrs. Clinton said during her opening statement at the Discussion on the Future Afghan Women's yesterday, "I want to personally and publicly thank the President and Mrs. Bush for demonstrating their strong leadership on this issue and speaking out about the mistreatment of womean and making the case for women in Afghanistan's future."

Rodham Clinton goes on to encourage, "We in Congress can advance that goal by completing work on legislation, legislation introduced by our colleague, SENATOR HUTCHISON [R-TX], that provides educational and healthcare assistance to women in Afghanistan."

Listened live and re-listened to the C-SPAN copy.

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The above statements by Mrs. Clinton were made on Thursday, November 29, 2001.

And, womean = WOMEN.