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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
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Former United States Senator
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Greenville
South Carolina
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I don't even like playing a contentious role.
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Heritage will remain, first and foremost, a research institute dedicated to impeccable research and data-driven policy analysis.
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The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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