CHAPTER 2
Government Incorporated
JAY CARNEY WENT FROM WORKING for one of the most powerful men in the world . . . to working for one of the most powerful men in the world.
Carney’s path to these heights was not a straight or swift one, though there were some hallmarks common to those who near the apex of power. He attended an elite prep school before Yale University. Following Yale, he worked as a local reporter in Miami before going to Time magazine. At Time, he served as a foreign correspondent in Moscow during the twilight of the Cold War, then covered the White House, and ultimately became Time’s DC bureau chief.
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected as the forty-fourth president of the United States. About a month after the election, ...
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