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In an interview with the Fox Business Network last night, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison again stopped short of endorsing Gov. Rick Perry in his bid for the White House, but she pledged to support whichever of the Republican candidates wins the nomination.

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In an interview with the Fox Business Network last night, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison wouldn't endorse presidential candidate Rick Perry, who "unfairly criticized" her, she said, during the 2010 GOP primary for governor. But she pledged to support whichever of the Republican candidates wins the nomination in 2012. "We need new leadership that understands how to create jobs in America," she said.

 

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