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When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich - convinced it could shut out the world by hiding its head in the sand.

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Jeane Kirkpatrick
Age: 80 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 19
Died: 2006
Died: December 7
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
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Oklahoma
Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick
Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick
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