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When you appoint someone, you appoint somebody because of their character, their convictions, their abilities. And not because you have a belief, a confidence, in a foreordained outcome in any given decision.
Karl Rove
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Karl Rove
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 25
Former White House Deputy Chief Of Staff
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Denver
Colorado
Karl Christian Rove
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