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I think it's really important to enlarge the issue behind abortion. I have been serving for over two decades and I have seen year in and year out largely the Republicans voting against women's contraception, family planning.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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Don't just buy a new video game, make one. Don't just download the latest app, help design it. Don't just play on your phone, program it.
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Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.
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The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans.
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There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread - and - and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.
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