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Washington D.C.! Congress is full of self-declared outsiders.
Aleksandar Hemon
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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Washington
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Self
Declared
Outsiders
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