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Now if the AFLCIO will join loudly with her message "Warren drew some of the loudest applause of her precisely worded, sharply enunciated speech with a statement of skepticism about upcoming trade deals — debates that may pit Big Labor and liberal members of the Senate against the Obama administration. “Wall Street, pharmaceuticals, telecom, big polluters and outsourcers are all salivating at the chance to rig upcoming trade deals in their favor,” Warren said. “I’ve heard people actually say that [trade deals] have to be secret because if the American people knew what was going on, they would be opposed.” She continued: “I believe that if people would be opposed to a particular trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not happen.” If the overall tone of Warren’s speech was relatively grim — not the kind of podium-pounding, emotive address that brings crowds to their feet — she closed with a riff that drew a standing ovation, proclaiming to the audience the good news that they have an electoral mandate to enact their agenda. “I am proud to stand with you, to march with you, to fight with you,” she said. “Our agenda is America’s agenda and if we fight for it, we win.” Returning to the stage after Warren concluded, Trumka sighed into the microphone: “Ah, if we could only clone her.” Read more: politico/story/2013/09/elizabeth-warren-supreme-court-far-right-96449.html#ixzz2eOq5zMCy