Facebook Wants to Add Friends in Washington - NYTimes.com

Facebook Wants to Add Friends in Washington - NYTimes.com

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"Facebook is hoping to do something better and faster than any other technology start-up-turned-Internet superpower.
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"Facebook has layered its executive, legal, policy and communications ranks with high-powered politicos from both parties, beefing up its firepower for future battles in Washington and beyond. There’s Sheryl Sandberg, the former Clinton administration official who is chief operating officer, and Ted Ullyot, a general counsel former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who is general counsel, among others. The latest candidate is Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s former White House press secretary, whom Facebook is trying to lure to its communications team."