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States' View NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that President Clinton met today with state attorneys general to discuss the proposed 368 billion dollar tobacco settlement. The agreement has prompted competing interests ranging from tobacco farmers to Union pension funds to line up to claim a share of the proposed settlement. But critics say there's not enough money to cover everything the settlement promises to do.

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NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that President Clinton met today with state attorneys general to discuss the proposed 368 billion dollar tobacco settlement. The agreement has prompted competing interests ranging from tobacco farmers to Union pension funds to line up to claim a share of the proposed settlement. But critics say there's not enough money to cover everything the settlement promises to do.