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On the recordMay 9, 2011
Sitting here, I am going back in time a little bit when I was privileged to, in my last job as Governor of Delaware, we said early on our overarching goal for our Administration, that I was privileged to serve for 8 years in that role, but our overall goal was to strengthen the basic building block of our society, our families.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on his goal as Governor to strengthen families.

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