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Martin got his first break in politics after being hired as chief of staff to Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt in 2006, but was almost immediately enmeshed in an email scandal and was forced to resign after revelations that he'd lied about doing political work on the government's dime.

“This is just par for the course for an administration that has staked their claim on making life so incredibly difficult for immigrants at large that they think people will leave and not come to the U.S.,” said Jen Smyers, former chief of staff under the Biden administration for the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is responsible for the care of unaccompanied children.

Ryan Wiggins is Chief of Staff for the Lincoln Project where she previously served as the Communications Director.

During a visit to a naval base on Sunday, the Israeli military's Chief of Staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir told special forces that tens of thousands of reservists were being called up "in order to strengthen and expand our operations in Gaza".

El-Yateem, rallying the neighborhood's growing Arab community, progressives and an assortment of disaffected voters, came close but could not clinch victory against Justin Brannan, chief of staff to the term-limited incumbent council member.