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Sun Chaser wrote:

In most of the world the word ³state² means the same thing as the word
³country² means to us in the US. I believe Mr. Obama was using the word
³state² in this context.

So he is just all of a sudden making this shift while still in the US
and talking to US audiences? You are looking real hard for an excuse.

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