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Shelley Moore Capito: “I have interns or I appoint to academies.”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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WTRF: Capito Speaks on Girls State

Published | Video Starts at 00:09

It's important for West Virginia girls and young women to aspire to be the next leaders of not just the state or their city, but the country. And many of the folks that I meet here, I have interns or I appoint to academies. I just think it's important for girls to get the confidence to be those next leaders, and they learn about the electoral process at the same time. (00:09–00:13)

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