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| Omar Vargas |
General Motors has hired Omar Vargas, who was senior VP & chief government affairs officer at 3M Co, for the VP and head of global public policy spot, effective Aug. 1.
Vargas held a variety of government affairs positions at 3M since joining the company in 2017.
Earlier, he was senior counsel and executive director of government relations at Praxair; senior director for global policy & government policy at PepsiCo; and deputy director at the Justice Dept.’s office of intergovernmental affairs and public liaison.
Craig Glidden, GM’s general counsel, called Vargas “the right person to advocate for policy solutions in support of GM’s vision, including our commitment to an all-electric future.”
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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