Someone else who knows about how the president is viewed in France is Sonia Doyotte, a French teacher from Windsor Boys' School, who was watching proceedings with some of her students.

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At the time of his high-school graduation, in 2010, his parents bought space in the West Windsor and Plainsboro High School North yearbook.

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