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I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.

Howard Dean

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Howard Dean
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 17
Former Governor Of Vermont
Physician
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Stockbroker
East Hampton
New York
Howard Brush Dean III
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The capture of Saddam has not made America safer.
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I'm not attacking liberals with a broad brush.
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The French will always do exactly the opposite on what the United States wants regardless of what happens, so we're never going to have a consistent policy.
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