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Ex-Staffer Helped Zachares Land Job With Panel

Mark Zachares — the former Capitol Hill staffer who pleaded guilty last month to a conspiracy charge — was recommended for his job with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee by Duane Gibson, who had left the panel shortly before Zachares’ arrival and gone to work with ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff at Greenberg Traurig, according to sources familiar with the events.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday.
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