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I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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I use a different style if I'm speaking to a big crowd I can gin up folks pretty well. But when I'm in these town hall settings, my job is not to throw them a lot of red meat. I want to give them a sense of my thought process.
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