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Students Answer The Call
Good Deed By Local Students Earns Call From Sen. Daschle
Friday, January 11, 2002
By Heidi Henson
Press & Dakotan Staff Writer

"I think it's important for us to make trips at this time, to show our troops how much we support them, to work with governmental leaders and reach out to the people of Afghanistan. So, while it is not an easy trip, I think it is an important one," the senator said.

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While en route to Afghanistan, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle took time to make a special phone call to Yankton Thursday morning.

And almost halfway across the world, the students at Sacred Heart Catholic School anxiously waited to speak to the senator from South Dakota.

The call from Daschle was due in part to a project undertaken by Sacred Heart and a school in Sioux Falls to collect winter wear for the children of Afghanistan.

Daschle, along with other congressional members, left Thursday for Afghanistan and Central Asia.

He told the students at Sacred Heart that the need for winter items is great in Afghanistan, since the "Afghan winter can be just like South Dakota winters.
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