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If the threat is jihadism - and it is - and the threat is the destruction of Syria so that all of these refugees are swamping into Europe and changing the whole character and politics of Europe, this is the time to unite to find a way out.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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