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4. Trivia: a slight connection with Pat Schroeder

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:40 AM

Tuesday

Says Wikipedia:
With sponsorship from the Matsushita Institute, she moved to the United States in 1987 to work for Democratic congresswoman Pat Schroeder as a congressional fellow.

Whoda thunk it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanae_Takaichi

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