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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19:  U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks as Vice President Joseph Biden (L) listens during an announcement on gun reform in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama announced that he is making an administration-wide effort to solve gun violence and has tapped Vice President Biden to lead the effort in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19:  U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks as Vice President Joseph Biden (L) listens during an announcement on gun reform in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House December 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Obama announced that he is making an administration-wide effort to solve gun violence and has tapped Vice President Biden to lead the effort in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - JUNE 26: Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends to the 23rd African Union Peace and Security Council meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on June 26, 2014. (Photo by Amine Landoulsi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) MALABO, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - JUNE 26: Assistant Secretary of African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield attends to the 23rd African Union Peace and Security Council meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on June 26, 2014. (Photo by Amine Landoulsi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
A More Diverse And Inclusive Gov’t Could Be Biden’s Most Significant Policy Legacy. But It Must Extend Beyond Admin Leadership.
There are profound ripple effects from having a federal government made up of people who don’t look like or live like America — and it’s not just a matter of symbolism.
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