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Brian Kennedy

[Labor Department logo] Labor Department
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Confirmed: May 1, 2009
Nominated: March 19, 2009
Announced: March 4, 2009

Bio

Kennedy has spent many years on Capitol Hill working on labor and employment issues. His His House experience includes general counsel of the House Education and Labor Committee and chief labor counsel to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. In the Senate, Kennedy worked for Democratic Sens. Paul Simon (Ill.) and Harry Reid (Nev.). During the Clinton administration he was a special assistant on economic policy in the National Economic Council.

Last Job

Other Jobs

  • White House, National Economic Council
  • Labor Department, deputy national director of Jobs Corps
  • U.S. Senate, general counsel, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.); staff director, Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.)

Financial Disclosure

View Brian Kennedy's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.

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