PODCAST: Rebalancing Power and Modernizing The First Branch of Government with Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute Season 2 · Ep 46
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PODCAST: Rebalancing Power and Modernizing The First Branch of Government with Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute Season 2 · Ep 46
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Originally aired on May 31, 2021. On this Management Matters Rewind, we welcome Academy Fellow, Ambassador Joseph Westphal, to discuss his career in public administration including his roles at the Department of Defense, the U.S. Congress, and at the State Department as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9 Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://...
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Originally aired on May 31, 2021.
On this Management Matters Rewind, we welcome Academy Fellow, Ambassador Joseph Westphal, to discuss his career in public administration including his roles at the Department of Defense, the U.S. Congress, and at the State Department as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
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