New York, Nov 5 ANI: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, one time rival of Barack Obama, today congratulated her fellow Democrat on his
election as the 44th President of the
United States.CNN quoted Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines as saying that the two spoke for a few minutes. Clinton congratulated Obama on his victory, and offered her condolences on the loss of his grandmother.Obama thanked the New
York senator for all she did to
help him win the election, and said he looks forward to speaking with both her and former President
Bill Clinton soon.Clinton was among the first to release a statement upon Obama's victory. "Tonight, we are celebrating an historic victory for the American
people. This was a long and hard fought campaign but the result was well worth the wait," she said.Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a White
woman and a
Black man, raised by his grandparents far outside the stream of American power and wealth, became the 44th president of the United
States.Showing extraordinary focus and quiet certainty, Obama swept away one political presumption after another to defeat first Hillary Clinton, who
wanted to be president, and then John McCain. ANI
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