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At the Kennedy School, I learned how to think more broadly. During my career in the House of Representatives—representing Louisville, Ky., my hometown—my first responsibility was to my constituents, though I always kept in mind the needs, as I saw them, of the nation...
At the Kennedy School, by contrast—where 42 percent of my classmates come from 80 nations of the world—I learned to address the issues globally and internationally first and, after that, regionally and locally. I learned how people from disparate backgrounds and from warring nations...
At the Kennedy School I learned how to write and speak more effectively. The writing required of me at the Kennedy School was different than what was required of me in decades on Capitol Hill: There I was surrounded by talented writers and researchers who would prepare the first drafts...
Despite my having lived a political life of public service for nearly thirty years, I learned a lot more about politics and public service at the Kennedy School.
I learned from professors who were not only skilled and talented classroom teachers, but who performed real life public service as consultants to federal, state and local governments and as members of governmental panels and commissions. This gave their classroom lectures added dimension and gave me a new perspective on...