U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the Obama administration was committed to passing a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, and that the pact was ready for review by Congress.

I want to state as strongly as I can how committed the Obama Administration is to passing the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement this year, she told a gathering of business leaders in Seoul during a whirlwind trip through South Korea and Japan.

(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick; Writing by Jeremy Laurence; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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