But I’d seen enough of the divisions to temper my own hopes."

“With my fear alone I could have changed the course of history,” she said.

“But I didn’t.

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I said yes.”

“I didn’t want to be that example for my girls.”

“I’m moving from mom-in-chief to advisor-in-chief,” she shared.

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I don’t think they really knew what it was."

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