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Axelrod Remains Mindful of Chicago Daughter With Epilepsy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House presidential adviser David Axelrod says the demands of his job can sometimes be hard since he can't spend quality time with his daughter, who suffers from epilepsy.

In a broadcast interview Sunday, Axelrod said he's grateful that newly approved medication seems to be finally controlling the seizures of 28-year-old Lauren after many years of trial and error with other therapies.

But Axelrod acknowledges it is still difficult to be away from Lauren, who lives at a home for the developmentally disabled in Chicago.

Axelrod spoke in an interview with "60 Minutes" along with Lauren and his wife, Susan, who is president of the Chicago-based advocacy group CURE, or Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.

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10 26 09 by Newsroom
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