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Dick Gephardt Endorses Hillary Clinton

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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has picked up the endorsement of Dick Gephardt, the former House Democratic leader who twice ran unsuccessfully for president.

Gephardt, the one-time Missouri congressman, planned to discuss his endorsement in a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon.

The endorsement came as Clinton finished up a four-day campaign swing through Iowa, which hosts the first voting contest Jan. 14. Former President Clinton campaigned with his wife for the first three days of the Iowa trip.

Gephardt won the Iowa caucuses in his first presidential bid in 1988. But his underfunded campaign lost steam and he dropped out of the race in March after doing poorly in that year's "Super Tuesday" contests.

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  Gephardt banked heavily on winning Iowa again during his second presidential bid in 2004. He finished fourth that year after engaging in a nasty battle with Howard Dean, and ended his campaign the next day.

Gephardt has worked as a lawyer-lobbyist in Washington since retiring from politics in 2005.

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