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

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Rahm Emanuel
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 29
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Mayor Of Chicago
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Chicago
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Rahm Israel Emanuel
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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 do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.
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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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Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.
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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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And it's time as a country that we have an assault weapon ban.
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I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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Because of the president’s leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
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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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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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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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[Obama White House] rescued the economy from the worst recession.
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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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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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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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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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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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The Afghan - obviously the parties will decide which course of action. The most important there, get a government that is seen as legitimate to the people and has the credibility to be a partner in the effort to secure Afghanistan so it's not a haven for al Qaeda or other type of terrorists or international terrorist organizations.
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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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