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Kat Timpf - Fox News

“ As part of my job at the Leadership Institute's Campus Reform, I received TV training that taught me the skills I needed to feel confident in my first few appearances -- and then the feedback on those appearances that I needed to sharpen them. I hadn't had any kind of formal TV training beforehand. ”



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Jim Jordan - US Rep OH

“ If you want to accomplish anything of significance, it's never easy. It's always hard. But we need to stand up. If there is not a strong United States of America, the world gets truly dangerous. Thank you LI for training young people in these values. ”



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Grover Norquist - Americans for Tax Reform

“ Without effective activists on the ground, policy reform faces tremendous uphill challenge. By far, the easiest way to change government is from the grassroots, and in order to drive that kind of change, conservatives must be effective in the trenches. The Leadership Institute makes that possible. ”



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