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ItsjustMe

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Sat Mar 5, 2022, 02:44 AM Mar 2022

'It was clear I was in the presence of something': Sean Penn describes meeting Ukraine's President

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, actor and co-founder of CORE Response, Sean Penn, details what it was like the first time he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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'It was clear I was in the presence of something': Sean Penn describes meeting Ukraine's President (Original Post) ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP
Courage, dignity and love...🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻 littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #1
a bit of history from WWII. When vets from WWII were interviewed for docus they all said PortTack Mar 2022 #2
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PortTack

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2. a bit of history from WWII. When vets from WWII were interviewed for docus they all said
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 04:56 AM
Mar 2022

Something similar, whether they were on D Day beaches or in the pacific theatre. They came to grips with their own mortality and no longer feared dying. This...JIMO is certainly part what Sean Penn saw when he said he was in the presence of something.

President Zelenskiy is no stranger to the horrors of war having had family that died in the holocaust. He was born for this moment.

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