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Penn, Hughes Form Crisis-Management Team

Penn, Hughes push damage control for corporations, image control for themselves

By Sam Biddle, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 9, 2008 10:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – Former Clinton strategist Mark Penn and former Bush adviser Karen Hughes are joining forces to create a corporate consulting organization at Penn’s current firm, the Wall Street Journal reports. The unlikely pair’s bipartisan endeavor will advise troubled corporations in areas of communications and... Read full story »

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