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My friends, that's trickle-down economics, and I believe every worker in America is tired of being trickled on by George W. Bush

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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That's what I am standing up for - Israel's future as a Jewish and democratic state living side-by-side in peace and security with its neighbors.
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America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.
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