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Is a great suggestion. I will mention that when i talk about it in the future. Oft the march 2017 issue reason magazine. Talking about School Resource officers. Thank you for your time. Onare going to focus democrats. We want to hear from you only, especially as your Party Leadership is being selected today in atlanta. We want to know what qualities you think the dnc chair should have. Eastern and central 2027488000 , mountain and pacific 2027488001. We got an update from the Washington Post about the elections today and what to expect. 447 members of the Democratic National committee will meet and vote on their entire leadership. They will vote on one of seven candidates to become chairman of the party. The since coming out of their as recently as a few hours ago, tom perez, the secretary of labor, has a clear advantage, while ,eith ellison is in the hunt but needs people to change their , needs some of their candidates come over. Does become tom perez, what has he said about the posi