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America is interested in change and reform in the Middle East but in a stable way.

Thomas Friedman

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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
Columnist
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Television Producer
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Saint Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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