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There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing.

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