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And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Freddie Dalton Thompson
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