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Capitol Lens | Just taekwon-do it!

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By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 31, 2025 at 7:31am

From the Roll Call photo archives on July 31, 1993: Missouri Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton breaks a board held by Korean American taekwondo practitioner Jhoon Rhee to earn his blue belt.

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