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How Dick Cheney Helped Shape My Public Service

I was sad to learn today of the passing of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Many people don’t know that he was a Chief of Staff to the President at age 34, making him the youngest person ever to hold that position. After that, he was a Congressman from...

Will Leaders Heed the Ghosts of Shutdowns Past?

It was 1995 during the Holiday Season in Washington, D.C. The halls of Congress were quiet, but tensions were high behind closed doors. I was working on Capitol Hill and remember it well.It was the government shut down of 1995 – 1996 – the first since...

The Darkness of Charlie Kirk

It’s taken me several days to find my voice.Many days of crying—for a young man I never met, gunned down in the prime of his life. For a country unraveling in front of our eyes. For a world where hate now feels more real than hope.Yes, I’ve been...