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We Have Come So Far. It's Become A Real Bipartisan Cause, Which I'm Very Happy To See. And In The Case Of America, And It's - Certainly, Without America, We'd Be Facing Catastrophe.

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We Have Come So

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We Have Come So Far. It's Become A Real Bipartisan Cause, Which I'm Very Happy To See. And In The Case Of America, And It's - Certainly, Without America, We'd Be Facing Catastrophe.

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