"They don't seem to get it when it comes to reputation, " says Clifford Gaddy, an economist and Russia expert at the Brookings Institution.

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Clifford Gaddy, an economist at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.

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Gaddy said a decision to oppose or support Ashcroft as the choice for attorney general would be made after questioning in the Senate confirmation hearings to be held this week.

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