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Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror.

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Ultimately, we didn't go to Germany to create a democracy. We went to overthrow Adolf Hitler. But once a democracy was there, Germany was a much bigger supporter of and help to our national interests, both economic and security than had ever been before.
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The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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