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Industry Darling the Wrong Pick to Head FCC

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  • Sascha Meinrath,
  • New America Foundation
May 13, 2013 |

Tom Wheeler to Be Nominated For FCC Head, Source Says | Politico

April 30, 2013

Now, more than ever, we need a FCC Chairman who will serve as a champion for the public interest, take on industry giants, and make the hard decisions necessary to restore American competitiveness,” said Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America ...

New America Foundation President Anne-Marie Slaughter Pursues Elusive Work ... | Politico

April 11, 2013

Anne-Marie Slaughter has worn many hats during her career — writer, State Department diplomat, Princeton University professor and dean — and her latest gig, president of the New America Foundation, begins in September. Although Slaughter's move to ...

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Businesses Propose Competing Visa Plan | Politico

April 10, 2013

Tamar Jacoby, head of the business coalition Immigration WorksUSA, said that the groups are trying to improve the deal in the House. “We're not trying to junk the plan. We're trying to get it improved,” Jacoby said, noting that she hadn't heard of any ...

Immigration Negotiations Head Closer to Deal | Politico

March 29, 2013

Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA said that Republican lawmakers are feeling the pressure to get an agreement. “The urgency to get reform is driving them to move ahead even if business has concerns but there's also the issue of who is going to stand ...

Another Karzai Gaffe, More U.S. Damage Control | Politico

March 12, 2013

But even though the WikiLeaks cables of 2010 included State Department descriptions of Karzai as emotionally erratic and paranoid, observers said they thought there was a method at work. “I don't think he's crazy,” national security analyst Peter Bergen ...

The Battle For Roger Ailes's Legacy | Politico

March 4, 2013

... Chafets with interviews and access — is using the book to counteract another forthcoming Ailes bio, tentatively titled “The Loudest Voice in the Room: Fox News and the Making of America,” by Gabriel Sherman, a contributing editor at New York Magazine.

Online Activists: Extremists Hurt Cause | Politico

January 31, 2013

“There is a huge difference between documents made available online like Congressional Research reports and taking down websites,” First Amendment lawyer Marvin Ammori said. “But prosecutors will probably look at what Anonymous did and use it as an ...

How Google Beat the Feds | Politico

January 3, 2013

“They just believed they had a good strong case — that if they could explain it, they could make their case to win,” said Marvin Ammori, whose legal group Google hired in 2011 to help it think through policy issues.

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Critics On Obama, 'Zero Dark Thirty' | Politico

December 11, 2012

As CNN's Peter Bergen notes, the president himself makes only one cameo. “The one time the president does appear in 'Zero Dark Thirty' is in a clip from a '60 Minutes' interview in which he criticizes the use of 'torture.' By this point in the film ...

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