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Barack Obama's BlackBerry: Subject: health care

Nov. 27, 2008
Another e-mail from the president-elect’s inbox“YOU finessed health care brilliantly during the campaign. You ran rings round Hillary on individual mandates, arguing it is unreasonable to require people to buy health insurance when its cost is unknown. You then made mincemeat...
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa