President Clinton was photographed with a Nation of Islam minister at a small meeting with clergy after he gave a speech on cultural diversity in Houston last month. Democratic officials tried to play down the “accidental encounter” and vehemently denied minister Robert Mohammed’s claims that Clinton said during the brief encounter that he has a good relationship with the Nation of Islam. The minister was invited to the meeting by U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas).
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