Clinton speaks on equality, opportunity and civil rights at Orangeburg Co. appearance

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SANTEE, SC (WIS) -
Hillary Clinton made her second trip to the Palmetto State within a month Wednesday.
Clinton took the stage in Santee and within an hour she laid out four planks of her 2016 platform:

"The first is to make the economy work for every day Americans," she said. "The second is to strengthen America's families. The third is to harness all of America's power and the fourth is to reform our government and revitalize our democracy."

She spoke on equality, opportunity, and civil rights -- telling a predominantly African American crowd that she has something in common with them:

"Most of the people in this room, including me, were not included in the Constitution in the beginning, am I right?" she asked. The crowd responded with cheers.

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Campaigning in SC, Hillary Clinton says rural children deserve same benefits as urban kids

Clinton says rural children deserve same opportunities

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SANTEE, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is stressing her commitment to children in rural areas, saying they should receive the same government benefits as children in urban centers.

"We need to start literally in infancy," the Democratic presidential contender told a crowd of several hundred on Wednesday in rural Orangeburg County.

After her first big rally in New York City on Saturday, Clinton has been touring swing states laying out a child-centered rationale for her White House bid. She's promised to make "high quality preschool" available for all 4-year-old children in 10 years, if she becomes president, double federal money for early Head Start programs and seek a tax cut to help parents with the costs of raising children younger than 3.

She planned later Wednesday to lay out a proposal, aimed at youth unemployment, for tax credits to encourage businesses to train young people and offer apprenticeships. She was expected to propose a tax credit of $1,500 for every apprentice hired.

Clinton said on the weekend she would begin outlining policy proposals during the summer, and the economic agenda item aims to connect with young workers and black young adults. The May unemployment rate for workers age 18 to 34 was 7.8 percent, more than 2 percentage points higher than the national average, while unemployment for young black adults was 14.6 percent.