Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard

Sol Levine, on the receiving end of some horseplay from Dave Marash during their days at Al Jazeera English, has joined Marash as a former staffer. Levine took a position at the D.C. public relations firm Qorvis Communications. (2006 Photo By Bill O'leary -- The Washington Post)
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Hudson, 56, started her career in 1971 as an aide to Sen. Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.). She went on to lobby for Korf Industries, the National Federation of Independent Business and the American Portland Cement Alliance.

Chevron and Marathon still have women at the helm in the capital.

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Sol Levine was Wolf Blitzer's producer at CNN during one of the craziest rides in modern politics (until this year, that is) -- Bill Clinton's bid for president in 1992.

Levine survived that and did a lot more in television news. He was executive producer for CNN's White House coverage and produced stories for NBC News and ABC News. Most recently, he was executive producer for the Broadcast Center of the Americas at Al Jazeera English.

He's decided to switch again, only this time to public relations. Levine, 52, will offer media training and advice at Qorvis Communications. That ought to be a breeze in comparison.

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