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I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.

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