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• Envoy Caroline Kennedy Could Challenge Japan’s Gender Gap

  President Barack Obama’s anticipated choice of Caroline Kennedy to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan would put a woman with an international political pedigree into a high-profile U.S. diplomatic post.

• Charles Manatt, Democratic Chairman in Reagan Era, Dies at 75

  Charles Manatt, who as Democratic national chairman worked to hold his party together during the ascendancy of Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 75.

• Romney Viewed Unfavorably by Most at Convention Start, Poll Says

  A majority of registered voters in the U.S. viewed Mitt Romney unfavorably as Republicans gathered in Tampa, Florida, to select him as the party’s presidential nominee, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.

• Voters Equate ’Growth’ With ’Winner’ in Debates

  To win, say “growth.” That’s the takeaway from a survey of past presidential debates.

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  Bob Rubin’s Washington Reign Reaches 20 Years

  We are fast approaching an important but underappreciated anniversary: Robert Rubin’s 20th year of extraordinary proximity to political power in Washington. This is not a milestone to be celebrated.

• Clinton Deputy Nides Said Planning to Leave State Department

  Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides, a former chief operating officer at Morgan Stanley, plans to leave the Obama administration next month and may return to the financial services industry, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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  Ex-Fannie Chief Girds for Battle With SEC Over Disclosure

  After the U.S. government snatched Fannie Mae from the brink of collapse in 2008 and forced out its chief executive officer, Daniel H. Mudd, he headed for the river.

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  True Believers Biden-Ryan Contrast More Than Obama-Romney

  The next turn of the U.S. presidential race hinges on two men who embody the philosophical differences between the political parties more starkly than the candidates at the top of the tickets.

• To Be Presidential, Romney Must First Be Truthful

  Presidential campaigns sometimes turn on big moments that help voters ponder the central question they have about every challenger: What would this person actually be like as president?

• If Romney’s Harvard Pals Love Him, Why Can’t You?

  I keep hearing and reading that Mitt Romney has a likeability problem. The Republican presidential candidate trails President Barack Obama by 23 points, according to an Aug. 20-22 USA Today/Gallup poll. The early post- convention polling suggests a slight bounce in Romney’s likeability, but not enough, apparently, to ensure entry to the White House.

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