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On the recordDecember 11, 2013
I said to Mr. Johnson, I believe he has a close personal relationship with the President, 'That is leverage. Use it.'
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Thomas J. Ridge
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Ridge advises Johnson to leverage his relationship with the President to fill vacancies.

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