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February 15, 2010

Bob Keefe on February 15th, 2010

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February 15, 2010

Political Update

Today we celebrate Presidents’ Day, showing our respect and appreciation for the 44 men who have been the Chief Executives of the United States. It is a day off. It is a great day to shop the sales. Others do more… Today the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in [...]

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February 1, 2010

Bob Keefe on February 1st, 2010

Washington, D.C.
February 1, 2010

Political Update

This Update is being written two weeks late… for no other reason than I wanted to wait to see what happened in the United States Senate race in Massachusetts. And I am glad I did. I would have written something encouraging to the Democrats and been dead wrong.

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