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BUT AT THE TIME, THE ANSWER HE GAVE ME WAS SORT OF PERPLEXING.
NASA
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I saw the statement that you referred to and, quite frankly, it’s perplexing because
State Department
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actually addresses our deficits -- because after all, plan B, this is what is so perplexing
The Obama White House
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