Philip Gomez: Political Legacy
I feel that my father’s greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed the country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.
—Caroline Kennedy
Philip Gomez glared at his fellow congressman Augusto Bonifacio, who was seated across him. Part of him literally wanted to wring his neck.
He cursed in the local language and banged his hand on the table, “You can’t do that! You’ll be putting the lives of hundreds of men, women, and children at risk.”
Both congressmen represent a Southern region of the Philippines. The areas in their jurisdiction have experienced ...
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