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Salut!
Will you please comment about the Segolene Royal affair at Harvard regarding her reported support for the independence of the US territory of Porto Rico?
http://5-yearslater.com/index.php/2008/03/14/2118-segolene-royal-favorable-a-l-independance-de-porto-rico
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal#L.27affair:_Vive_le_Porto_Rico_Libre
Merci!
-P.