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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, not many Americans probably know that; but February 12 used to be a date that people remembered. Now it's just Presidents Day, a weak invocation. An award-winning movie is presently showing about President Lincoln, a great President who saved the Union and got the 13th Amendment passed--slavery abolished. But the movie also showed that President Lincoln could make compromise and make the two sides of the bodies work together for the betterment of this Nation. As President Obama from the Land of Lincoln speaks tonight in the State of the Union, we should remember what Lincoln taught us: that you need to work for the union of this government, the unity of our people, for rights for everybody and diversity, and for the two parties to work together for the betterment of the United States of America. Thank you, President Lincoln. ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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