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The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.
Charles Rangel
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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
Lawyer
Politician
U.S. Representative
Harlem
New York
Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel
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Iraq
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Prevention
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