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People in the White House work hard, whatever administration. They get rewarded in psychic income, a sense that they are involved in something bigger than themselves, that it's important.
Mark Shields
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Mark Shields
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 25
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Mark Stephen Shields
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