title: E. J. Dionne
National Journal
Stephen H. Hess
Benjamin Wittes
William Antholis
Jackson Nickerson
Darrell M. West
William Galston
R. Kent Weaver
Jonathan Rauch
sentences: Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr. ( ; born April 23, 1952), known as E. J. Dionne, is an American journalist and political commentator, and a long-time op-ed columnist for "The Washington Post".
 He is also a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at the McCourt School of Public Policy, a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Anselm College, and an NPR, MSNBC, and PBS commentator.
National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering services in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders.
 It publishes daily journalism covering politics and public policy and is led by President Kevin Turpin and Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith.
Stephen H. Hess (born April 20, 1933 in New York City) is a senior fellow emeritus in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
 He studies media, the U.S. presidency, political dynasties and the U.S. government.
 He first joined Brookings in 1972 and was distinguished research professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University (2004–2009).
 He served on Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon's White House staff and as an adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Benjamin Wittes (born November 5, 1969) is an American journalist who focuses on issues of national security and law.
 He is Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he is the Research Director in Public Law, and Co-Director of the Harvard Law School – Brookings Project on Law and Security.
 He works principally on issues related to American law and national security.
 Along with Robert M. Chesney and Jack Goldsmith, Wittes cofounded the "Lawfare Blog", which is devoted to the discussion of U.S. national security choices.
 Wittes is also a member of the Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law.
 Wittes is a frequent speaker on topics of detention, interrogation, and national security, before academic, government, policy, and military audiences.
William J. Antholis (born 1964) is a Greek-American political scientist.
 He is director and CEO of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history to the nation’s most pressing contemporary governance challenges.
 Prior to that, Antholis served as managing director of the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
 He currently serves as a non-resident senior fellow at Brookings.
 His research interests include subnational governance and federalism, energy policy, bottom-up efforts and international negotiations around climate change, the role of democracy, and community development.
Jackson Nickerson is an American academic who studies leadership, organizations, and strategy.
 Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy in Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
 He also was the associate Dean and Director of Brookings Executive Education from 2009-2017 and is a non-resident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
Darrell West (born October 6, 1954) is an American author, political scientist, and political commentator.
 West is the vice president and director of governance studies and director of the center for technology innovation at the Brookings Institution.
 He holds the Douglas Dillon Chair in governance studies, and has written about technology policy, mass media, and campaigns and elections in the United States.
 He is Editor in Chief of the Brookings technology policy blog, TechTank.
 He is the author of 22 books, and they have won four book awards and been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
 Some of his publications can be found at "www.InsidePolitics.org/DWPubs.html".
William Galston (born January 17, 1946) holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
 He joined the Brookings Institution on January 1, 2006.
 Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Dr. Galston specializes in issues of American public philosophy and political institutions.
Kent Weaver is a professor at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
 His focus is on a variety of fields in U.S. political science, including comparative social policy, comparative political institutions, and the politics of expertise.
 Weaver joined the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in the fall of 2002, after 19 years at the Brookings Institution.
 Before coming to Brookings, Weaver taught in the Political Science Department at the Ohio State University for several years.
 He received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.
Jonathan Charles Rauch ( ; born April 26, 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American author, journalist and activist.
 After graduating from Yale University, Rauch worked at the "Winston-Salem Journal" in North Carolina, for the "National Journal" magazine, and later for "The Economist" magazine and as a freelance writer.
 He is currently a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of "The Atlantic".

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 Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr. ( ; born April 23, 1952), known as E. J. Dionne, is an American journalist and political commentator, and a long-time op-ed columnist for "The Washington Post".
 He is also a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at the McCourt School of Public Policy, a Senior Research Fellow at Saint Anselm College, and an NPR, MSNBC, and PBS commentator. 

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 National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering services in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders.
 It publishes daily journalism covering politics and public policy and is led by President Kevin Turpin and Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith. 

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 Stephen H. Hess (born April 20, 1933 in New York City) is a senior fellow emeritus in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
 He studies media, the U.S. presidency, political dynasties and the U.S. government.
 He first joined Brookings in 1972 and was distinguished research professor of media and public affairs at the George Washington University (2004–2009).
 He served on Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon's White House staff and as an adviser to Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter. 

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 Benjamin Wittes (born November 5, 1969) is an American journalist who focuses on issues of national security and law.
 He is Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he is the Research Director in Public Law, and Co-Director of the Harvard Law School – Brookings Project on Law and Security.
 He works principally on issues related to American law and national security.
 Along with Robert M. Chesney and Jack Goldsmith, Wittes cofounded the "Lawfare Blog", which is devoted to the discussion of U.S. national security choices.
 Wittes is also a member of the Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law.
 Wittes is a frequent speaker on topics of detention, interrogation, and national security, before academic, government, policy, and military audiences. 

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 Jackson Nickerson is an American academic who studies leadership, organizations, and strategy.
 Nickerson is the Frahm Family Professor of Organization and Strategy in Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
 He also was the associate Dean and Director of Brookings Executive Education from 2009-2017 and is a non-resident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. 

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 William Galston (born January 17, 1946) holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
 He joined the Brookings Institution on January 1, 2006.
 Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Dr. Galston specializes in issues of American public philosophy and political institutions. 

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 Kent Weaver is a professor at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
 His focus is on a variety of fields in U.S. political science, including comparative social policy, comparative political institutions, and the politics of expertise.
 Weaver joined the Georgetown Public Policy Institute in the fall of 2002, after 19 years at the Brookings Institution.
 Before coming to Brookings, Weaver taught in the Political Science Department at the Ohio State University for several years.
 He received his B.A. from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. 

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 Jonathan Charles Rauch ( ; born April 26, 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American author, journalist and activist.
 After graduating from Yale University, Rauch worked at the "Winston-Salem Journal" in North Carolina, for the "National Journal" magazine, and later for "The Economist" magazine and as a freelance writer.
 He is currently a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a contributing editor of "The Atlantic". 

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Answer: Kevin Turpin