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When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing.
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This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.
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I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.
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