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While he has never held public office, Driscoll worked in Congress as an intern for the Senate's veteran affairs committee, and in 2020 he made an unsuccessful bid for a House seat in North Carolina.

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During that time, I met a woman who was the public affairs officer for the city of Fort Wayne.

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Beijing’s apoplectic response to Takaichi’s perceived intervention in China’s affairs has included intense personal attacks on the new prime minister, often linking her with the militarism that fueled Japan’s brutal conduct in World War II.

It added that the accusations from the president were an attempt to smear China and interfere in its domestic affairs.

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Meals, thankfully, were never a lonely affair—aside from one breakfast where I was the sole diner.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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