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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.

Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 29
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The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?
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I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.
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And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.
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I think that every country presents its own particular challenges, different cultures, different histories, different religions, different people. And different ethnic make-ups in those countries present different challenges.
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Nearly losing my life made me want to live my life.
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No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law, just because they are responsible for upholding the law.
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[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.
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I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater was, which turned out to be nothing at the end of the process. And I think that there were people who were determined as political opponents to not allow his presidency to succeed.
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Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street’s excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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Things happened there that I don't think are the finest hours for anybody, whether it was a journalist, the legal system or, in that case of the political system, who would say that was an example of when Washington worked best.
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Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part.
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I think the most important thing for us to make judgments about is what can we really do? What can we achieve?
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We're proud of the work we're doing to make Chicago a great city for people of all ages. Nothing's more important than keeping in mind the needs of older adults - and how valuable a role they play in improving the city, based on their amazing collective talent and wisdom.
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Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'
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We need to deal with the problem of al Qaeda, make sure that they can't have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and guarantee that we have regional stabilization and particularly focused on Pakistan.
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Obviously what I think Senator [John] Kerry was pointing to, which is absolutely correct, which is the essential part of the strategy or a key component or a leg on the stool, is an Afghan partner that is ready to take control of both the security situation in Afghanistan, and the civilian side of that.
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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
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Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.
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Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.
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