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What would Donald, Hillary or Bernie do?

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What would Donald, Hillary or Bernie do?

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What would Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders do in their first 100 days as U.S. president?

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April 30 marks the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, as Americans remember it — the day that the North Vietnamese army captured the capital of South Vietnam and reunified their country. Wars, as the old adage goes, are fought twice: first on the ...

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