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WASHINGTON • Jason Kander has written a book that is as much about his fealty to Taco Bell, baseball and pop culture as it is a paean to politics, the profession that he writes he will never apologize for pursuing. “Outside the Wire,” which is due to be released Aug. 7 by the Hachette Book Group, is mostly about the 2016 Missouri Senate candidate’s life philosophy. But Kander, a Democrat who last month announced that he would run for mayor of Kansas City, makes it clear that his life’s vocation will center around seeking public office. “Outside the Wire” refers to Kander’s tour in Afghanistan as an Army intelligence officer. He joined the military in the wake of 9/11, he writes, because of a “burning sense of obligation” to serve his country. “Outside the wire” is a reference to convoys out of American military bases in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have fought for 17 years. Everything from “The West Wing” to “Blazing Saddles” is invoked. Kander says he didn’t reject raising money from big donors because it would have been akin to his Kansas City Royals giving up their designated hitter in the “name of ideological purity” while opponents kept their DH. Blunt beat Kander by less than 3 points. • Although Kander singles out a few Missouri politicians and political figures for criticism (he writes that Republican mega-donor Rex Sinquefield’s hobby is “collecting Missouri politicians”) Kander tends to dispense his barbs to groups.

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