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Beating breast cancer as a mom of young children made Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz reshape her priorities as a politician and leader of the Democratic Party, she told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, also a breast cancer survivor, on Tuesday.

“There [are] two lenses you look through when you survive cancer and when you’re a parent,” Wasserman Schultz said on Andrea Mitchell Reports Tuesday. “Both of those are really what shapes the rest of your outlook. And knowing that every day is a precious gift and that you have to make sure that our children are our focus, but also that you take advantage of every opportunity that you have to make sure that you can improve things for the generation that you brought into this world.”

We invite you to read the full article published October 15, 2013

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Beating breast cancer as a mom of young children made Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz reshape her priorities as a politician and leader of the Democratic Party, she told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, also a breast cancer survivor, on Tuesday.

“There [are] two lenses you look through when you survive cancer and when you’re a parent,” Wasserman Schultz said on Andrea Mitchell Reports Tuesday. “Both of those are really what shapes the rest of your outlook. And knowing that every day is a precious gift and that you have to make sure that our children are our focus, but also that you take advantage of every opportunity that you have to make sure that you can improve things for the generation that you brought into this world.”

We invite you to read the full article published October 15, 2013

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