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Kate O’Beirne, role model

By Timothy P. Carney

Published April 24, 2017 2:03pm ET

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Kate O’Beirne, role model — Kate O'Beirne defined gracious, but was never prim. A New York Irish lass, she was fun and fierce in private settings and social occasions, but also on the job.

In my first job as a Washington reporter, John Gizzi pulled me into the office to impart wisdom about living and working in this town. One piece that stuck with me: “You can tell a person’s character by how they treat a person from whom they don’t believe they have anything to gain.”

He may as well have been speaking about Kate O’Beirne.

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