For the first time in eight years, Cabinet-level officials and agency chiefs have been authorized to approve annual awards of up to $ 10, 000 _ and possibly more _ for the influential senior attorneys, policy advisers, confidential assistants and other appointees who are brought onto their political staffs.
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In addition to two female crew members, four American women, all with the Commerce Department, were aboard : former Atlantan Kathryn Elaine Hoffman, senior adviser for strategic scheduling and special initiatives; Carol L . Hamilton, press secretary; Kathryn E . Kellogg, confidential assistant, Office of Business Liaison; and Naomi P . Warbasse, international trade specialist.
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Prior to that, he was the Director of Energy and Environment at the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, the Confidential Assistant to Carl Wieman at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, an Associate at the White House National Economic Council and a Field Organizer on the 2008 Barack Obama Campaign for Change in Hammond, Indiana.
