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President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care, and concern, and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says thank you to its most exceptional men and women.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.
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If America is at war, I won't speak a word without measuring how it'll sound to the guys doing the fighting when they're listening to their radios in the desert.
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Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as I said just now, it represents a failure of the entire international community to come to grips with solving it.
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It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.
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America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.
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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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President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.
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From the moment I take office, I will stand up to the special interests and stand with hardworking families so that we can give America back its future and its ideals.
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That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.
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America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.
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We have to recognize that there is a strong, fresh wind blowing, powered by these new information technologies. It will be increasingly difficult for dictators to impose their will through sheer brutality.
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I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.
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