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I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

Al Sharpton

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
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Brooklyn
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Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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