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He started working as a junior financial analyst for Affinion Media Group in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 2006, leaving voluntarily in June 2009, according to Affinion spokesman Michael Bush.

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It appears that he was included as a member of the working group in response to pressure from activists and the media.

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What I call the NGO-Media-Class Action Bar Complex began to coalesce in 2009, which led to the creation of the Interagency Working Group on Foods Marketed to Children.

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