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America has an interesting global role, don't we? It certainly seems to be changing. Our government right now has a softer hand than we've had in the past, but I still think that we're the global behemoth.

Jim Courier

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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
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James Spencer Courier
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