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Chapter 14, Finding, Cultivating and Using Sources


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Bob Thayer, The Providence Journal 

A Mother's Heartbreak

     Her son is facing deportation after a minor crime, she tells Sen. Edward Kennedy. "He came here as a child and now has a family," she says. The senator tries to reassure her that a bill he is introducing will stop the deportation of people who have lived most of their lives in the United States. You learn about the senator's bill and its chances because you have cultivated Sen. Kennedy as a source. He says the odds do not favor passage of the bill, but he is hopeful.











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