There he is right there -- a classmate of mine, somebody who has just been a great friend for a long time.

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Meanwhile, a classmate of mine came in a year after me, guns blazing, and shot up the totem pole on our team by asking for a lot of feedback, voicing her questions and goals, and making sure that not only was she working hard, but that everyone knew it, too.

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Donna Wrublewski, another classmate of mine, remembers being stopped by a CP at 4am.

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An outstanding Lieutenant Governor, classmate of mine at Harvard, although he was a little younger than me -- Anthony Brown. (Applause.) Two wonderful allies, great friends, great champions on behalf of working people not just here in Maryland, but all across the country -- Barbara Mikulski is here, the senior Senator -- (applause) -- and Ben Cardin in the house. (Applause.) We've got the wonderful Congressman -- I loved his dad.

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