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Sat 02 Feb 2003Hillary Clinton tells Irish TV she is against war with IraqUS/IRELAND: US Senator Hillary Clinton said she is against precipitous action in a war on Iraq but did think the issue was about national safety and not oil, writes Christine Newman.According to a TV3 spokesman, Mrs Clinton, in an interview on the TV3 programme Agenda, which will be shown tomorrow, told presenter David McWilliams that she would prefer to see more time given to the UN weapons inspectors before any action was considered. Covering a wide range of issues in the 14-minute interview, the spokesman said the former First Lady bluntly expressed her concerns about corporate influence on the White House.