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American Progress Staff



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John Podesta
President and Chief Executive Officer


Morton H. Halperin
Senior Vice President and Director of Fellows


Sarah Wartell
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel


Laura Nichols
Senior Vice President for Communications and Strategy


Alyssondra Campaigne
Senior Vice President for External Affairs


Mara Rudman
Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning


Mark Agrast
Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy


Robert O. Boorstin
Senior Vice President for National Security


Cassandra Q. Butts
Senior Vice President and Coordinator for Economic Policy


Fellows


Eric Alterman

Melody Barnes

P.J. Crowley

Thomas Kalil

Lawrence J. Korb

Jeanne Lambrew

Scott Lilly

Mark Lloyd

Matthew Miller

John Moyers

Fred Rotondaro

Shira Saperstein

Gayle Smith

Gene Sperling

Ruy Teixeira



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Ivo Daalder

David Halperin

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White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan disputed the conclusions reached in the Boston Globe article.

He said, "If the president had not fulfilled his commitment he would not have been honorably discharged. He was honorably discharged in October of '73. The president is proud of his service in the National Guard."

McClellan continued, "The Boston Globe has bought into the line of attack by the Kerry campaign."

He pointed out, "The paper turned to a Kerry supporter for its analysis, a guy who works for a Democratic front group that backs the Kerry campaign."

The newspaper extensively quoted Lawrence J. Korb who it identified as a former assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs in the Reagan administration. It makes a passing reference to Korb's affiliation with "a liberal Washington think tank." That organization is the Center for American Progress, a group that is said to have crossover relationships with the Kerry campaign and the Democratic Party. Besides Korb, the Center's "experts" include former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta and Kerry economic advisor Gene Sperling.

The White House spokesman reiterated that all documents available concerning the president's service record have been released. He recalled that in February 2004, Bush directed that all the personnel, payroll, and medical records be made public.