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Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 26
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