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    "ocrText": "SUPERIOR\nCONSULTANT\nA personal addendum\nDear Mr. President:\nYou would have no reason to remember me as one of the many faces in the crowd at the\nBoys Nation reunion you hosted in July, 1998. I was the \"outsider,\" the President of the\n1964 Boys Nation class, invited by Rich Stratton in hopes that I would be motivated to\norganize a similar reunion for the class that followed yours.\nHowever, you just might remember looking straight at my 14-year old son for a few\nmoments as you captivated all of us with your observations about the need to rethink U.S.\nrelations with China. (He will never forget the moment, I assure you. It was incredibly -\ninspiring to him.)\nYou noted the need for us all to rethink our traditional approaches to long-standing\nproblems. I prepared this paper on health care with the same spirit in mind. It challenges\nthe conventional wisdom, just as you did that day when discussing China with your old\nfriends from Boys Nation.\nFor whatever it's worth, I'm a life-long Democrat and member of the DLC. I've served\nas an adviser to both Dick Lamm and Roy Romer. Although the thoughts in this paper\nmay seem somewhat heretical from the perspective of traditional Democratic policy, I\nbelieve they are perfectly consistent with the party's future. I hope you will find them\nuseful from that perspective.\nWith every best wish for your continued success,"
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