Karen Hughes finally got a successor in her previous role as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, and it is entrepreneur, writer, and thinker James Glassman who was until recently Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Glassman has done much in his DC career, and yes — he did co-author the market exhuberant book Dow 36,000 with McCain economic advisor Kevin Hassett who is, like Glassman was, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Among his other roles:
– Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 2007-present
– Editor-in-Chief and Executive Publisher, The American, 2006-2008
– Financial columnist, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, 2004-present
– Founder and host, TCSDaily.com (technology and public policy), 2000-2006
– Columnist, Scripps Howard News Service, 2004-2006
– Member, Advisory Board on Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World, 2003
– Syndicated financial columnist, Washington Post (business page), 2001-2004
– Columnist, International Herald Tribune, 1999-2004
– Chief columnist, FOLIOfn, 2001
– Analyst, Left, Right, and Center, KCRW Santa Monica, 2001-2002
– Host, PBS TechnoPolitics, 1995-1999
– Syndicated columnist, Washington Post (opinion and business pages), 1993-1999
– Moderator, CNN Capital Gang Sunday, 1995-1998
– Editor and part-owner, Roll Call, 1987-1993
– Executive vice president, U.S. News & World Report, 1984-1986
– President, Atlantic Monthly, 1984-1986
– Publisher, New Republic, 1981-1984
– Executive editor, Washingtonian, 1979-1981
Glassman will be speaking on “New Approaches to Winning the War of Ideas” between 12:15 and 1:45 pm today EST — and the meeting will STREAM LIVE here at The Washington Note. (the video is now watchable above)
— Steve Clemons
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