Michael Elias Baroody (born September 14, 1946) is an American

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Life and career

Baroody was born in

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and graduated from the

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(B.A., 1968). He served in the

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in 1968 - 1970.White House Press office (July 2, 1985)
Nominations & Appointments.
/ref> In 1970 he began his career in the Washington office of

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. From 1977 to 1980 he was research director and later director of public affairs at the Republican National Committee. In 1980 he served as Editor-in-Chief for Republican Platform. From 1981 to 1985 Baroody served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Affairs at the White House under

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. From 1985 to 1990 he was assistant secretary for policy at the

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during the Ronald Reagan and

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administrations. From 1990 to 1993 he was senior vice president for policy and communications and later president of the Republican-oriented National Policy Forum. He also served as

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's Speechwriter and Executive Assistant. In 1994 he returned to the

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(NAM) to help build the Association's public affairs program, emphasizing greater involvement by NAM members in lobbying, policy and political activities inside and outside of Washington. These involvement activities grew into a "third branch" of NAM's advocacy efforts, co-equal with the traditional lobbying and media-relations "branches" in Policy and Communications. From 1997 to 2002 he was board member of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise. Since 1998, Baroody has been senior lobbyist for the

, one of

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's most powerful lobbies. He oversees all of the NAM's advocacy efforts and represents the NAM on the Executive Committee of BIPAC, the influential Business-Industry Political Action Committee. In March 2007 President

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raised controversy after nominating Baroody as the new chairman of the

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.Bush Expected to Name Industry Lobbyist to Head Consumer Safety Agency.
/ref> Baroody withdrew his name from consideration on May 23.Labaton, Stephen (May 23, 2007)

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References

External links

Bush expected to nominate Baroody to head CPSC

from

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List of people passing between gov't and private sector - Baroody

A protest site to Baroody's nomination to the CSA
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baroody, Michael 1946 births Living people American lobbyists Washington, D.C., Republicans Reagan administration personnel