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On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
I just wanted to say we actually do have, proudly, have someone, head of the National Cancer Institute, that won a Nobel prize.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky highlights a Nobel laureate leading the National Cancer Institute.

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