fromThe Nation
2 days agoLetter to the Editor From Representative Steve Cohen
The heart that beats in my chest today is the same one that quickened when, at 11 years old, I stood with my father along Union Avenue waiting to catch a glimpse of John F. Kennedy-the young senator from Massachusetts running for president. The photograph I snapped that day-now framed on my office wall in Washington-isn't sharp, but the moment was. It captured something lasting: a call to public service that has guided me ever since.
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