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Candidates attend Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York
(L-R) U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) sits next to Chris Quick, Tim Joyce, Robert Wright, Peter Johnson, Charles Schumer and Bishop Sullivan at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York on October 16, 2008. (UPI Photo/Yana Paskova/Pool)

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