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- Kenneth Melman [r]: Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.; board member, National Endowment for Democracy; Chairman of the Republican National Committee (2005-2006) and Campaign Manager of President George W. Bush's re-election campaign. He also served as Chief of Staff to Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger from 1996 to 1999; trustee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Franklin and Marshall College, and the Strong American Schools Foundation; member, Council on Foreign Relations [e]
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