Advisors of influence: Nine members of the Defense Policy Board have ties to defense contractors

By André Verlöy and Daniel Politi

Data by Aron Pilhofer WASHINGTON, March 28, 2003 — Of the 30 members of the Defense Policy Board, the government-appointed group that advis

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"… s the military should develop.Michael O’Hanlon, a military expert at The Brookings Institution, told Time magazine in November 2002 that the board “is just another [pu …"

"… d States, a trustee at Johns Hopkins University and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He was a counselor at the State Department from 1974 to 1977.Ruth Wedgwoo …"

Proposed bill aims to expand health IT funds to mental health providers

By Kimberly Leonard and Josh Israel

Stimulus bill left many providers out, but costs of including them may doom the measure....

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"… udies and founding director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, said he believes it is vital to include mental health providers in health …"

Backing Pelosi: A labor of love

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A labor of love

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"… and continuing support,” said Congressional expert Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution. And it paid off — one labor union leader told the Center, “Anything t …"

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Crafting a transportation bill

By Matthew Lewis

A troubling process, a shortage of cash and plenty of lobbyists

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"… on dollars?” asked transportation expert Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution. “You have to have justification.”Gridlock in CongressBut it’s not j …"

Developers in the driver's seat on transportation

By Matthew Lewis

Unfocused transport policy leaves real estate industry eager to give Congress directions

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"… thinkers from the conservative Heritage Foundation to the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution tend to lament the use of a political earmarking process for funding signi …"

The Clinton top 100: Where are they now?

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2003 — Two years after they left the federal government and one year after a ban that limited their lobbying activitie

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"… rmer Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, who is now the president of Brookings Institution. The liberal think tank is also home to two of his former co-workers: Depu …"

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Will financial reform melt the ICE Trust monopoly?

Wall Street has taken its share of licks in the past three years, but the big banks haven’t forgotten how to hedge their bets. ...

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"… r banks.Is ICE Trust a dealers-only club?Robert Litan, an economist at the Brookings Institution, says he worries that the broker-dealer members could use ICE Trust to “ …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part five

For months, disarray was the hallmark of Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Last October 6, he moved his campaign to Nashville from Washingt

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"… frameworks to control excesses. Stiglitz planned to spend some time at the Brookings Institution before heading back to Stanford University. Before joining the World Bank …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… of him.”Rudman is on the board of trustees of the liberal think tank the Brookings Institution. He is on the boards of Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (the nation’s numb …"

"… als.Maya MacGuineas: Social security adviser. MacGuineas has worked at the Brookings Institution, the investment firm Paine Webber, and the Concord Coalition (started in …"

Card games in the office — an unintended consequence of Dodd-Frank law?

By Julie Vorman

One unintended consequence of the Dodd-Frank law: A new FDIC team of bankruptcy specialists spends its days sitting in the office playing c

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"… as possible during the wind down, said Baily, now with the liberal-leaning Brookings Institution.Steve Bartlett, head of the Financial Services Roundtable, an influential …"

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