When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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Birth: | 21st May, 1951 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor, Anchor, Author, Politician |
Alan Stuart Franken is an American politician, and the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. A member of the Democratic Party, in 2008 he narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes. After the results of a statewide manual recount and subsequent lawsuit by Coleman, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009, and he was sworn into the Senate on July 7, 2009. Before serving in the Senate, he was an acclaimed writer and performer for the popular television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975. After television, he hosted his nationally syndicated, political radio talk show The Al Franken Show, and authored five books.
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