Women Who Rock: Transgender Veteran, Pam Bennett
Jenny Inglee
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The TakePart series "Women Who Rock" will chronicle five women as they head to The White House Project and Participant Media's summit—hosted by Valerie Plame Wilson—FAIR GAME: Women Leaders for Nuclear Security, in Washington, D.C., on October 18 and 19.
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Afraid to run for office because you might have a skeleton in the closet?
Pam Bennett has some advice.
"If I can run, you can run," she'll tell you with a laugh. "I am the skeleton in the closet."
Pam is a transgender military veteran and is very active in politics. "It all comes down to accepting yourself," she says.