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On the recordJune 24, 2013
The leader of the free world is not the United States Congress. The leader of the free world is the President of the United States.
Said by
Adam Kinzinger
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Kinzinger asserts that the President, not Congress, defines U.S. leadership globally.

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