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“I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.'”

Quote by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is an American politician who served as the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2017. She represented Florida's 23rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2017. more

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