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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Quotation
As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief.
— Opening sentence of former Republican Senator Larry Pressler’s endorsement of President Barack Obama, published in the Huffington Post.

# Posted at 1:30 pm Pacific