Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is with a heavy heart that my office says goodbye to Kerry Garland, who has been such an asset to my team this past year. Kerry has lived in Alaska for 18 years. She went to high school at Bartlett High School in Anchorage and graduated from the University of Alaska in Anchorage with communication and a second degree, a bachelor's of science in nutrition. After graduating, she worked for the University of Alaska Anchorage. Then we got her. She started as an intern. Her title now is a constituent relations representative, but truly she runs the place. She manages mail. She coordinates the interns. She does so much, and she always does it with the utmost professionalism. Kerry is headed off to better things. In a few weeks, she will be one of the few and the proud. She is headed off to Quantico, VA, to for the rigorous and very competitive marine officer candidate school and then to the Basic School. Kerry says that pursuing a career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, the hardest branch of the military for women to make a career out of, especially as an officer, has been a long-held dream. The child of marine parents, she decided that she was going to go into the Marines when she was 6 years old. It was ``Bring Your Mother to School'' day, and Kerry's mother showed up in uniform. She thought then, ``I want to be like her.'' There is no doubt in my mind that she will be.…”