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Defense policy analysis, commentary and discussion.JM Rieger is a reporting intern for Roll Call. He graduated with honors in May 2013 from Miami University with degrees in Journalism and Political Science. At Miami he worked as an editor for The Miami Student, covering higher education, campus life and sports, and also worked as a broadcaster and producer for the campus television and radio stations.
Over the last four years JM interned at Fox Sports in Los Angeles, at NBC’s “Meet the Press” and at Performics, a performance-marketing company headquartered in Chicago.
A Cincinnati native, he also spent eight years living in Chicago before moving to Washington, D.C.
Sarah Dohl, a veteran Capitol Hill staffer, recently left the halls of Congress to take a senior management position with Junior Achievement of Greater Washington.
Shanna Winters, a former Democratic Hill staffer who began her career in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, joined the Motion Picture Association of America recently as the Hollywood trade group’s senior vice president of global policy.
Former Virginia Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. died Tuesday morning in his hometown of Winchester, Va. The 98-year-old, whose death was first reported by The Winchester Star, served in the U.S. Senate from 1965 to 1983 and previously worked in the state Senate from 1948 to 1965.
Caterpillar Inc. will have a new face in Washington this week.
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s first child, who was born two weeks ago, has survived a condition previously considered fatal.
Monday’s Roll Call Cup not only featured late drama, with Republicans retaining the trophy in a tie match, but also four freshman House members who can now tout their experience on the greens.
A missed 12-footer on the final hole by three-time Democratic captain Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky created only the second tie in the 12-year history of the First Tee Congressional Challenge.
Located only a few hundred yards from former Rep. Elton Gallegly’s home in Simi Valley, Calif., the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, which is already a significant regional destination, might soon play an even greater role.
If only Jeff Davis had been there during Linda McMahon’s failed senatorial campaigns in 2010 and 2012.
For Andrew Olmem, Venable law’s newest partner, extensive experience on Capitol Hill prepared him well. Olmem said his previous experience as the Republican chief counsel and deputy staff director on the Senate Banking Committee, including during and after the 2008 financial crisis, enabled him to develop a unique skillset.
It’s time again for Take Five, when HOH talks with a member of Congress about topics relatively unrelated to his/her legislative work.
Congressional staffers might soon have vegan dining options again.
Tricia Primrose, a longtime AOL public relations official whose Capitol Hill experience dates back to when Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., was a Democrat, has become a partner at Rational 360, a Washington, D.C., PR firm.
More than 120 staffers gathered in the Rayburn House Office Building today for the second “Healthy on the Hill” luncheon, an event aimed at promoting a healthy, plant-based diet.
More than 250 people attended funeral services for ex-Rep. Arlan Stangeland on Monday, bidding farewell to the Minnesota Republican who died July 2 at his home on Lake Lizzie in Detroit Lakes, Minn. He was 83.
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