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      <excerpt>...2009. Burris is leaving for Washington D.C. on Monday, after Il. Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to fill President elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. Warm words of support and prayers for Roland Burris contrasted with the frigid reactions from Senate </excerpt>
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