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Osborn is a U.S. citizen from North Carolina who now lives in Greece and intends to stay there indefinitely. He sues Jones, a citizen of Vermont in Vermont federal court, on a state-law contract claim for $500,000. Is there jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332?A.YesB.No
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