Roberta Baskin
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Roberta Baskin
Roberta Baskin is Executive Director of the AIM2Flourish global learning initiative, hosted at Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Until March 2014, Baskin served as the Director of Media Communications for the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services. A career investigative journalist, Baskin was the Director of the Investigative Team at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. until...
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It raises the specter of a conflict of interest. It's an ethical question.
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Their interest is waning because the public's interest is waning.
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There's a feeding frenzy for transparency and disclosure on Capitol Hill, and that's not a good way to start. You can't plead national security. The public has a right to know.
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Lobbying is like the fourth branch of government. It's a very powerful part of our government and our democracy.