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I pointed out that the Atlanta Olympic bomber - as well as Timothy McVeigh and the people who protest against gay rights at military funerals - are Christians but we journalists don't identify them by their religion.

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Juan Williams
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
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American people are a little tired of anybody saying, let's get back in war. Why don't we go back (inaudible).
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When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.
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