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Speaking in Houston Texas President Clinton discussed differences between his wife and Senator Obama concerning manned spaceflight.

“This is the center of the manned space program and everyone here is proud of it I think,” Bill Clinton told a crowd gathered in a Houston park for an early voting rally.

“There was a huge difference on the two candidates about this. Hillary has always supported the manned space program just as I did when I was President. Her opponent says we should downgrade man space travel and upgrade robotic travel. There are 16,000 jobs and a lot of Americans’ futures riding on this centered here in Houston,” Bill Clinton said.

“You have to make a decision whether you care about this. But if you want to keep the manned space program and you don’t want to worry about it, you need leadership you can count on and your only choice is Hillary for President,” Clinton went on to say.

Senator Clinton has been on record many times discussing America’s need for a “robust” manned space program. In contrast Senator Obama released an education plan that proposed taking money away from a return mission to the moon.

Obama’s potential Republican opponent John McCain has, like Clinton, always supported manned space travel and the funding of NASA and supports President Bush’s vision for Space Exploration which contains a plan for returning Americans to the Moon and eventually reaching Mars. It should be noted the funding of NASA brings many jobs to the swing-states of Texas and Florida.