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It is clear that whatever language of democracy [Barack] Obama and his administration use is very tactically deployed, and has as its main aim the extension of US power and interests.
Judith Butler
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Judith Butler
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 24
Art Theorist
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Cleveland
Ohio
Judith P. Butler
Judith Pamela Butler
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