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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.
Rahm Emanuel
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Rahm Emanuel
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 29
Entrepreneur
Mayor Of Chicago
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Rahm Israel Emanuel
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As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
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[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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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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We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
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Republicans are 'bad people who deserve a two-by-four upside their heads.'
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