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Carol Shea-Porter: “And let me say, I started off very prejudiced, having been a military spouse, and my father-in-law ran the commissary.…”

On the recordApril 8, 2014
And let me say, I started off very prejudiced, having been a military spouse, and my father-in-law ran the commissary. So, you know, I am starting off in a position of actually knowing what this means to families.
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Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire

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Shea-Porter shares her personal connection to military families and their needs.

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