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Ted Cruz hires Paul Teller, energizing grassroots conservatives

By Charlie Spiering
Published January 13, 2014 5:00am ET
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Ted Cruz hires Paul Teller, energizing grassroots conservatives
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, reacted to President Obama's comment about how the scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service had "not even a smidgen of corruption." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced on Monday that he has hired Paul Teller as his deputy chief of staff after Teller was fired in December for working with conservative groups to undermine the House budget agreement.

Teller was the executive director of the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives.

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