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How a Telecom Bureaucrat Learned to Speak Trump

The Wall Street Journal · last updated

In mid-November, Brendan Carr flew to Palm Beach, Fla., to clinch his dream job.

The telecom lawyer and longtime Federal Communications Commission official dropped by a reception at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate and met the incoming president, who recognized Carr and praised his work, according to people familiar with the matter. Two days later, Trump named Carr to lead the agency.

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