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Miguel Rodriguez is the new DAS for Senate affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs. He formerly served as legislative director in Senator Clinton’s office. His deputy will be Jennifer Park Stout, Sen. Jim Webb’s former foreign-policy advisor. Michelle Gavin, as previously reported, is the new NSC senior director for Africa. She served ...

Miguel Rodriguez is the new DAS for Senate affairs in the State Department's Bureau of Legislative Affairs. He formerly served as legislative director in Senator Clinton's office. His deputy will be Jennifer Park Stout, Sen. Jim Webb's former foreign-policy advisor.

Miguel Rodriguez is the new DAS for Senate affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Legislative Affairs. He formerly served as legislative director in Senator Clinton’s office. His deputy will be Jennifer Park Stout, Sen. Jim Webb’s former foreign-policy advisor.

Michelle Gavin, as previously reported, is the new NSC senior director for Africa. She served for a number of years as foreign-policy advisor to Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), who is known as the leading Senate expert on African issues, before moving over to become legislative director for Sen. Ken Salazar’s office. She also served as a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Brad Roberts of the Institute for Defense Analysis is in line to be the DASD at the Pentagon for nuclear weapons and missile defense policy, a new position being created by undersecretary of defense Michele Flournoy in her reorganization of the OSD policy shop.

UPDATE: David Adams, formerly the Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, has begun work as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, responsible for handling relations with the House of Representatives.  He’s working under recently confirmed Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Rich Verma.

Cobb Mixter, formerly a Professional Staff Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has started as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Legislative Affairs handling international affairs.  He’s workng for A/S Kim Wallace.

Laura Rozen writes The Cable daily at ForeignPolicy.com.

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