Word: golan
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...this pageant of alleged malfeasance, Golan Cipel was the first sign of trouble. The day McGreevey took his oath of office--Jan. 15, 2002--he quietly named Cipel his special assistant on homeland security. Although it was just four months after 9/11, Cipel did not undergo an extensive background check. Cipel had served as only a low-ranking officer in the Israeli navy and had no counterterrorism expertise. Despite his thin qualifications, he received a $110,000 salary. When reporters started asking questions, McGreevey refused to order a full vetting of Cipel and wouldn't make him available for interviews...
...McGreevey met Golan Cipel (Pronounced Tsi-ple, rhymes with ripple) on a junket to Israel in 2000, when McGreevey was mayor of Woodbridge, N.J. At the time, McGreevey was a rising Democratic star--mayor of the state's sixth largest city and the man who had three years earlier come within a whisper of unseating Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Among the stops on the tour, sponsored in part by the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest, New Jersey's biggest Jewish philanthropy, was the city of Rishon le-Ziyyon, south of Tel Aviv. Cipel then worked as the city's spokesman...
...Golan also ventured outside Harvard’s libraries and practice rooms to explore other interests...
...known Golan for nearly all of his tenure at Carnegie, meeting him first at a Luciano Pavarotti concert, where she said his love for music and his love for his job were clear...
...welcomes the change of pace from his New York life, which often keeps him away from home 14 hours a day. And given his previous travelling experiences, including the initially difficult transition from his Boston roots to the artistic and electric center of music he found in New York, Golan says he’s excited for the move...