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David Dinkins

"And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet."

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"And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet."

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"Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated."
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"And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation."
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