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There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

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Andrew Cuomo
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: December 6
Governor Of New York
Lawyer
Politician
Queens
New York
Andrew Mark Cuomo
War
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Skirmish
Poverty
Maybe

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