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Maine

2naSalit

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1. I think...

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 09:34 PM

Jul 2023

The Senator felt like DC was becoming dangerous when she left. Seems like she just wanted to be a private citizen after serving.

And I remember Margaret Chase Smith, I met her when I was a kid, had some political figures in the family, some in the judicial realm so gatherings included some interesting guests.

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