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Susan Collins has been in the room, no question | Letter

A recent op-ed (“For equal rights for LGBT citizens, Collins has been in the room where it happens,” Oct. 19) got me thinking: These are just a few of the things, off the top of my head, that have happened while Susan Collins has been in the Senate. She’s had 30 years of being in […]

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