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August 22, 2008
Student Reporter Aims to Make Politicians Aware of Youth Issues
Natasha, a Children's Pressline reporter, turns 17 while hobnobbing with some of the most influential Democrats at their convention in Denver. The reporting team has spent the last few weeks brainstorming questions and debating what issues are the most prominent and relevant to young people around the nation.

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It's important to understand both sides in an election, and I think it will be interesting to hear the Republican opinion on big issues. As a writer, it will be my job to take that perspective and share it with the youth of the country, a crowd that mainly supports Obama.
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