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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has hired former Edelman vice chairman Steve Schmidt as he considers a 2020 presidential run.
Schmidt, who ran the late John McCain's presidential campaign against Barack Obama, got to know Schmidt via the Starbucks account at Edelman, according to a report at CNBC.
He's also co-host of the podcast, "Words Matter."
Schultz is preparing for a media tour early next year to promote his book, "From the Ground Up: A Journey to Reimagine the Promise of America."
He has hired Cheryl Cook, who was an Edelman executive VP, to promote the book.
Erik Hotmire has rejoined the Securities and Exchange Commission as chief external affairs officer and director of the Office of Public Affairs.
California seeks a firm to handle a $3.5M marketing/ad program to promote awareness of, and increase sign-ups in, its job corps program. 
The National Highway Safety Administration has awarded its public education to Stratacomm following a competitive re-compete process.
Congress wants the FTC to probe whether TikTok violated child privacy laws when it launched a last-ditch lobbying blitz to defeat the bill requiring its owner, ByteDance, to divest it.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
