Missing US congressman explains mysterious four-month absence
New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr, told fellow lawmakers that depression was the reason he had been away since March.
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"I was given the diagnosis of depression"
— Tom Kean Jr , Politician
"But depression is so much more than that."
— Tom Kean Jr , Politician
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New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr, told fellow lawmakers that depression was the reason he had been away since March.
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