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Dark economic clouds are dissipating into an emerging blue sky of opportunity.

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Rick Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Farmer
Governor Of Texas
Military Officer
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Haskell
Texas
James Richard Perry
James Richard Rick Perry
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