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And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how to cooperate, but the fact of the matter is we used the same advisers and they say it's the same plan.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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