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Tom Carper: “Thank you for raising this young man or young woman and preparing them for this opportunity, this responsibility.”

On the recordJune 27, 2017
Thank you for raising this young man or young woman and preparing them for this opportunity, this responsibility.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Tom Carper thanks parents of nominees for their support.

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