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Ben Carson, Auschwitz, and My High School Graduation

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In a 2003 high school graduation speech, neurosurgeon Ben Carson previewed the rhetoric that would make him a right-wing superstar and potential presidential candidate a decade later.

Matt Finkelstein
Matt Finkelstein
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Matt Finkelstein

Matt Finkelstein

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