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The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 29
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Mayor Of Chicago
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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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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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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.
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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 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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I should say the leadership's proposal in the Senate and the House are very unpopular. And when people realize it will raise taxes, raise their insurance premiums cost and explode the deficit, they think twice about it.
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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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[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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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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Personally, I don't pick books for how people think about me. I read books so I can learn.
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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.
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When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest, our men and women in uniform, were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.
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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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I think indeed our response on counterinsurgency needs to be finely tuned to the needs of Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. We don't have a Sons of Iraq here. We don't have the same divisions here that we had between Sunni and Shia.
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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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We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.
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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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And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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