Kennedy did call for the separation of church and state.

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On Jan. 21 the president proposed the "Volcker Rule, " named after former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, one of the biggest proponents of Glass-Steagall-type restrictions (although his current proposal--endorsed by the president--does not call for a separation of commercial and investment banking activities).

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For the Awa - who call themselves "the people from the mountains" - this separation seems to be especially painful.

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