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Let's say I'm on the policy wonk end of the spectrum. As much as I can dive into a briefing book and really work to master various subjects that come before my desk, I'm still not an expert on a huge amount of the stuff that we work on.

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Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
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You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed and the birthday parties, but I also had a lot of young people who came in here [to White House], and this probably, you know, echoes with you, in your own experience, you were young when you got here.
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n case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed.
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Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.
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My presidency is not over. I've got another five years coming up.
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There isn't anyone who can't serve ... nobody who can't help somebody else.
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Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.
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Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger
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We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.
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For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.
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I've called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It's a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans.
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I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.
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National legislation will prevent other states' flawed concealed-weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.
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Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.
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It's very important that we have a president who is mindful of the cruelty that is perpetrated on animals.
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Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided.Truth: Obama later said, This was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech and we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given. The point we were simply making was, is that we don't want barbed wire running through Jerusalem.
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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We don't quit. I don't quit. Let's seize this moment.
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I'm going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.
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