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Religion has long been a staple of American politics. At the national level presidents and candidates for the highest office have continually evoked religious themes,...

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Religion has long been a staple of American politics. At the national level presidents and candidates for the highest office have continually evoked religious themes,...

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Barack Obama on the Character of the American Nation at a Joint Press Conference with President Gul

April 6, 2009
[...] One of the great strengths of the United States is, although as I mentioned, we have a very large Christian population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation; we consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
Barack Obama Barack Obama
Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States in January 2009, the first African-American to hold the office, and was re-elected to the presidency in November 2012. After graduating from Columbia University and Harvard Law School,...