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[The Americans] believe in the idea that Jamal and Johnny should be treated equally.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.
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The greatest gift that Michelle and I have received over the last eight years has been the honor of serving as your President and First Lady. Together, we fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years, and got unemployment to a nine-year low.
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And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American.
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They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who waged war so that we might know peace, who braved hardship so that we might know opportunity, who paid the ultimate price so that we might know freedom.
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