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I think the average American, if they go to the workplace, somebody's next to 'em, they're not poking around trying to figure out what their religious beliefs are.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.
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We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.
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