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Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.
Kevin Rudd
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Kevin Rudd
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 21
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Kevin Michael Rudd
The Honorable Kevin Rudd
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