brett deckerBrett Decker, editor-in-chief of the ballyhooed conservative web portal Rare.us, has joined the Washington-based White House Writers Group as consulting director.

Decker launched Rare in April after serving as editorial page editor for the Washington Times and a writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal.

On the PR side, he was senior VP of communications for the Export-Import Bank and senior VP of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union. He also wrote speeches for ex-Majority Leader Tom DeLay and started out as a writer and producer for the late commentator Bob Novak.

Clark Judge, a former speechwriter and aide to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, heads the WHWG.