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| | National Press Club -- Donna Brazile |
 | | Donna Brazile, Democrat Al Gore’s campaign manager during his run for the presidency last year, is charismatic, ruthless, politically savvy, a veteran grassroots organizer, a loose cannon or a tenacious attack dog, depending on whether you talk to her fans or her critics. |
 | | The first African-American woman to head a major presidential campaign, Brazile has been enmeshed in politics since the age of nine, when she biked from door to door campaigning for a city council candidate who promised to build a playground in her Kenner, Louisiana, neighborhood. |
 | | Brazile, the founder and first executive director of the National Political Congress of Black Women, was born on December 15, 1959. |
| www.npr.org /programs/npc/2001/010502.dbrazile.html (415 words) |
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