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Prior to his work in national politics, writing, and academia, DeRose was a full-time practicing attorney in
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Publishers Weekly praised "The
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DeRose volunteered on his first political campaign at the age of fifteen and during college interned on
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featured "Founding Rivals" in an article on the
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Congressman
Lincoln: The Making of America's Greatest President
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named DeRose among the "Top 40 Under 40" business leaders.
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in a memorandum to his colleagues on government debt.
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