Giuliani criticizes Hillary Clinton’s debate comments on Iran

Published: September 27, 2007, 6:46 pm

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Casting an eye toward a possible general election matchup, Republican Rudolph W. Giuliani this morning castigated Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton over what he said was her position during Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate "that she would not make a commitment that we would stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power." Giuliani, speaking to reporters gathered at a Santa Monica hotel to hear former California Gov. Pete Wilson endorse his candidacy, said that he read a transcript of the debate and that Clinton's comments left "a lot of ambiguity about Iran" and that "this could be a major issue in the campaign." He accused Clinton of purposefully using opaque language in answering questions about whether she would pledge to keep nuclear weapons out of Iranian hands. "It was the kind of language, like the one she used about Gen. Petraeus, 'a willful suspension of disbelief,' " Giuliani said. "You

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