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Caroline Kennedy on Hillary Clinton for President: ‘I Hope So’

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HT Caroline Kennedy ml 140424 16x9 608?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1398347547505Devin Dwyer/ABC News(TOKYO) — Caroline Kennedy is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president in 2016 — “if she runs.”

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan endorsed Barack Obama in 2008, calling him an inspirational figure for a “new generation of Americans” akin to her father in 1960.

“I think he’s been a great president. And I think that this rebalanced Asia is a really good example of somebody who’s taking the long view, advancing the United States interest,” Kennedy told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in an interview in Tokyo.

If Clinton decides to make a bid to succeed him, Kennedy says she’s on-board.

“If she runs,” Kennedy said.

“I know it sounds like a cliché, but two years is a really long time in politics,” she said. “I’m sure she’s looking forward to being a grandmother, I know she’s got to decide soon. So, so you know I hope so.”

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