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I'm not going to put my energy into focusing on things that are hypothetical that we don't know.

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.
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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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I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.
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