JESSICA DaSILVA in D.C.

OK, so here it is. The final paper I wrote for my political journalism class for which this blog post is named.

Now, I’m a little nervous because even though I’m very passionate about blogging, I still consider myself a novice. In a way, I guess I was trying to prove my passion and smarts to myself in this paper. It’s not as in depth as I’m sure other people could have made it, but I thought I did a pretty good job.

Anyway, I hope you guys like it.

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Today my program-mates and I got up early to make a trip through the rain to the Eisenhower White House Office Building for a White House briefing.

Because they announced it was off the record, I will exclude the names of the two speakers and any identifying information about their backgrounds. Instead, I really just want to focus on the information they gave us that I found important in starting a career in Washington, DC.

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