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Harry Boyte talks about public service and citizenship

Harry Boyte was interviewed by Access Minnesota about the notion of public service and citizenship. He talks about the Warrior to Citizen campaign and other work being done by the center.

Click here to listen to the interview.

Posted by Ellen Tveit on January 24, 2008 09:21 AM | Permalink ¤

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Enjoyed the blog v. much.
Much of the citizen information I already get from Harry personally when he visits SA.
Clinton's clever change of campain director would be referred to as color matching in South Africa.

Posted by: Gunnar Strom | February 11, 2008 04:56 PM

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