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While people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.
Julianne Malveaux
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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
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Julianne Marie Malveaux
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