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Feinstein hosts Obama, Clinton meeting - USATODAY.com

Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama met for an hour Thursday night in Dianne Feinstein's home in Washington, in what the California senator described as a chance to decompress and discuss unifying the party for November.
Feinstein said Clinton called her late Thursday afternoon to set up the meeting, which occurred at 9 p.m. in Feinstein's home near American University. The secret get-together came just hours after Obama had addressed a huge crowd in northern Virginia.

Feinstein said Clinton was eager to get past the contentious primary season, but was also interested in representing her supporters at the convention and in a potential Obama administration.

"Hillary Clinton represents a very large bloc of voters — the largest ever for anybody who's ever come in No. 2 in the popular vote," Feinstein said. "She wants to do everything she can to see that people who voted for her have their voices heard, and that goes for credentials and platform. She wants to have a working relationship with Sen. Obama. I think that is a very positive thing."