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As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

Charles Rangel

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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
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U.S. Representative
Harlem
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Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
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