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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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Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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The time to fix our broken immigration system is now... We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace... But for reform to work, we also must respond to what pulls people to America... Where we can reunite families, we should. Where we can bring in more foreign-born workers with the skills our economy needs, we should.
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With effort we can protect the foundation of our democracy, for which so many marched across this bridge, the right to vote.
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We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.
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If everybody who voted in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election. We will win this election.
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