The recording notes that the Obama administration includes key figures from the previous Bush administration, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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But Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School and a former chairman of George Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, notesthat private-equity partners, given the sort of accountants that they can afford, would no doubt find a way to avoid the higher tax.
Dr Sekhon notesthat, thanks to Karl Rove, the mastermind of George Bush's election victories in 2000 and 2004, the Republicans have been far more effective at exploiting new scientific information about voting and elections.