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I'm not insensitive to the jobs. I'm desperately concerned about those jobs. But you don't fix them by pandering to people and telling them you're going to shut the door. You have to grow jobs.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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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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Patriots don't go to Russia. They don't seek asylum in Cuba. They don't seek asylum in Venezuela. They fight their cause here. Edward Snowden is a coward. He is a traitor. And he has betrayed his country. And if he wants to come home tomorrow to face the music, he can do so.
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I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.
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I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.
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I will never cede the authority of our country or our security to any other nation. I'll never give a veto over American security to any other entity - not a nation, not a country, not an institution.
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