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Clem (Clementa Pinckney) understood that justice grows out of recognition of ourselves, in each other.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.
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