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What we learned in Copenhagen "Obama’s personal staff sometimes jest that they work for 'Black Jesus.' Suddenly I got the joke. Everywhere he goes, people expect a miracle. As Obama took his seat, Hillary Clinton summarised the state of play. 'Mr President,' Clinton said, 'this is the worst meeting I've been to since the eighth-grade student council.'" (Exclusive extract from Quarterly Essay 44: Man-Made World) — The Monthly

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