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Teneo has acquired a minority stake in WestExec Advisors, the DC geopolitical firm that was co-founded by secretary of state Tony Blinken.
It also will forge a strategic partnership with WestExec and its co-founders Michele Flournoy (former undersecretary of defense for policy), Sergio Aguirre (foreign policy advisor to Sen. Tim Kaine) and Nitin Chadda (strategy advisor to secretary of defense Ash Carter).
Declan Kelly, Teneo CEO, said WestExec’s expertise will help his firm’s clients make the best decisions as they navigate the increasingly complex and volatile international landscape.
The New York-based global CEO advisory also announced that former Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd has signed on as a senior advisor.
The Democrat served for 30 years in the Senate and six years in the House.
After retiring from the Senate in 2010, Dodd did a seven-year stint as chairman/CEO of the Motion Picture Assn. and then joined Arnold & Porter as senior counsel.
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.
