Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

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• Claire McCaskill:

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• Claire McCaskill:

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• Claire McCaskill:

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• Claire McCaskill:

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• Claire McCaskill:

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