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Perry adding high-profile Washington pros to staff

By Mark Tapscott

Published October 24, 2011 4:00am ET

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Gov. Rick Perry is turning to some heavy guns from among Washington’s top Republican political pros to shape up his faltering campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Joe M. Allbaugh managed President George W. Bush’s 1994 gubernatorial campaign in Texas and his 2000 bid for the White House. Allbaugh was Bush’s first director of […]

Gov. Rick Perry is turning to some heavy guns from among Washington’s top Republican political pros to shape up his faltering campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Joe M. Allbaugh managed President George W. Bush’s 1994 gubernatorial campaign in Texas and his 2000 bid for the White House. Allbaugh was Bush’s first director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from 2001 to 2003. Allbaugh will be a senior advisor to Perry.

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