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“You don't say that for a senator to be a great senator he has to vote against his constituency.”

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Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss is an American historian renowned for his in-depth research into modern American history. His writings cover a range of U.S. presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush. more

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