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I would really like to hear somebody who is really articulate about the elements of their faith conversion. I'm not.

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My faith and my identity as a Muslim - I never saw it as something that made my job harder. It's just an aspect of who I am.

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Faith really should be a bridge, not a wall. Because at the end of the day, we should be focusing on what you believe, not what your religion is.

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I understand the risks associated with being a soldier. But I think as members of Congress, we should not intensify the chance that we'll have to commit troops to a military conflict unless it's absolutely necessary to defend the nation.

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I think that anybody who is going to be the standard-bearer, the spokesman for the progressive movement, in the context of a presidential race, has got to learn to master the language and really get their finger on the pulse of how people are feeling. I think that's really important.

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I'm not a scholar of Islamic history or jurisprudence or anything.

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I've never gotten up in front of a Muslim congregation and played the role of a religious leader, and I decline those invitations because that's not what I am.

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When I hear about these terrorist ideologies, they are completely foreign and strange to me. I mean, to me, it's, like, antithetical.

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The United States' job is not to police the whole world.

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Pragmatism is not always a good thing. Experience is not always a good thing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: August 4th, 1963

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