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Gillibrand does interview in Mandarin

January
28

New York’s newest senator appears to have a leg up on Sen. Chuck Schumer when it comes to interacting with the state’s ethnic Chinese residents.

An ethnic Chinese newspaper based in New York City called Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s press secretary Tuesday to find out what her name was in Mandarin.

Rachel McEneny, the press secretary who received the call, relayed the question to Gillibrand. The new senator grabbed the phone and stayed on the line for about 15 minutes, answering questions in Mandarin.

Gillibrand learned to speak and write in Mandarin as an Asian Studies major at Darmouth College, where she participated in a language program that sent her to China and Taiwan.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at 2:41 pm by Brian Tumulty.
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2 Responses to “Gillibrand does interview in Mandarin”

  1. howrad

    Big thumbs up to Paterson for picking Gillibrand. Now if she will stick to her roots and her guns and hold off the special interests. Already the Hispanic special interests are trying to smear her. We need more democrats like her and not like the ones there now, selling our country out. God love her, she can speak Chinese.

  2. the consultant

    her problem is the base of the democratic party statewide
    they are unlikely to nominate a conservative democrat
    so she looses the primary to whomever

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