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On the recordMay 26, 2009
It was not exactly what I wanted to be doing in our first 2 months, with these ideological young people that had joined the office.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Klobuchar reflects on unexpected challenges faced by her office early on.

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