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Shaheen Announces Launch of STEM Caucus
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is a co-chair of the Senate STEM caucus, a bipartisan coalition of senators focused on raising awareness on STEM education.

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After a delayed reaction to career journalism during which I got married and had a few kids, I spent a dozen years at the Bucks County Courier Times in Levittown, Pa., writing features, news enterprise and a weekly column about the antics of my family juxtaposed against universal truths of life. Also launched a teen section called r e a l i t y, which persists 18 years later.
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U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is a co-chair of the Senate STEM caucus, a bipartisan coalition of senators focused on raising awareness on STEM education.

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