Letter To Garrett-Personal Narrative

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It is a pleasure to e-meet you as well! Garrett is a good friend and I appreciate him reaching out to you.

I am in search of a Legislative Aide/ Policy Analyst type of role. Preferably with a trade association like the one I was just with or a lobby shop. I am also open to returning to Capitol Hill incase you have a good amount of Hill contacts. I attached my resume for your reference. Let me know what you think what you think would I be best fit for after taking a look. I look forward to chatting with you some more. Thank you once again!

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