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On the recordApril 22, 2013
it would be a great law to say that, upon reaching the age of 18, every foster child in America had to read your story because you are a role model and a mentor by the way you have lived your life, and you are to be commended for doing that.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson praises a foster child's life story as a model for others.

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