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I don't want to be president. Like, Today your job is Libya, Japan, unemployment, the government shutdown - oh, and by the way, Yemen, Syria and Jordan. That's your job today. And you'd better get it right.

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Rachel Maddow
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: April 1
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