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Also Known As James Addison Baker III
Born April 28, 1930 (age 96) • Houston • Texas
Political Affiliation Republican Party
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2006)

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James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton sit at a table during a Senate hearing, with Hamilton holding and reading from the Iraq Study Group report.
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