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NAIROBI, KENYA

A Kenyan man's offer of 40 goats and 20 cows for Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage may still be on the table — and Hillary Rodham Clinton has promised to convey the "very kind offer" to her daughter.

To laughter at a town hall meeting Thursday in Kenya, CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked the U.S. Secretary of State if the Clintons had made a decision on the dowry offer. In 2000, a Kenyan man wrote to then-president Bill Clinton offering the animals in accordance with African tradition.

After a pause, Clinton said, "My daughter is her own person, very independent, so I will convey this very kind offer."

Clinton has denied rumors that her daughter, 29, is planning to get married this summer.

Comments (10)

ID2422: ... Hillary was there to erase any record of BO's birth in that country!!! 1 August 07, 2009 88pdx: Make it 41 and include Goat Milk in the Health Care Plan... ...and he might have a deal! 2 August 07, 2009 ID2422: ... In Afghanistan we sold a female Lt for 16 goats. She wasn't pleased when we told her she had to stay behind. 3 August 07, 2009 batman1: ... "You know, if you had offered 41 goats, then we would have had a deal. However, you didn't - so away with you!" 4 August 07, 2009 batman1: ... "What would you give me for Bill?" 5 August 07, 2009 phxblue1: ... Shouldn't this headline read, "Blind Kenyan man offersw 40 goats to marry Chelsea Clinton". Yikes. 6 August 07, 2009 Bull: ... Deal. 7 August 08, 2009 88pdx: ... Doesn't Hillary count as a "cow?" 8 August 08, 2009 S16: ... Bill wanted to know if the goats were girls. 9 August 12, 2009 BillyC: ... Talk about WAY overpriced!!!!!!! 10 August 18, 2009

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