But the real power broker in the national security transition may be Jones, a retired Marine Corps four-star general.
The Hollywood power broker has lately turned his marketing skills on China, which is expected to surpass the U.S. box office by the end of the decade, driven by a boom in cinemas across the country.
For Democrats in the state, the ultimate humiliation came when the last great Democratic power-broker, the former lieutenant-governor Bob Bullock, who had dominated Texas politics for four decades, threw his support behind Mr Bush.
Mr Ahmadinejad accused all three challengers of ganging up on him, insinuating that they were in the pay of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a cleric and former president, but has long been a behind-the-scenes power broker.
His approval ratings have dipped, and the Washington power-broker has been spending rather more time in Texas than he used to: opening a new office, announcing money for new roads, posing for photographs to celebrate federal funding for new military hardware.
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Mr Putin, the best-connected power broker of them all, said last week that he would not enter into any bargains to limit the Yukos investigation, but neither would he extend it into a broader campaign against those who got rich in the 1990s.
Another, the controversial godman and power-broker Chandraswami, said he could not recall what happened around the time of the assassination.
Compared with the prime minister, an economics professor, Mr Berlusconi looks every inch the professional Roman power-broker.
Yet even in the tech industry shared leadership works best when there is a power-broker behind the scenes.
"Fast track" authority gives the president unbridled power to broker trade agreements, which are then subject to an up or down vote by Congress.
Many believe, however, that Gingrich has been replaced as the Capitol's top GOP power broker by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who told the GOPAC gathering on Monday that tax cuts will be high on the legislative agenda.
My vote for villain is Larry Sonsini, the Silicon Valley lawyer and power broker.
He was known for his unflagging support of the state's national laboratories and military installations, and he became a power broker for his work on the federal budget and energy policy.
As leaked to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal this morning, Wall Street and Washington power broker Steven Rattner appears on the verge of walking away from a multi-million bribery scandal with a wrist-slap.
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After a political shake-up in November, the Democratic Party of Albanians, led by a veteran power-broker, Arben Xhaferi, became the main partner of the governing party, a movement that traces its history to the Slav-nationalist struggles of a century ago but has since become tamer.
He eventually handed the job to Daim Zainuddin, a wealthy power-broker and long-time ally who had helped to devise the controls as part of a wider recovery plan.
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He established himself as a power-broker in the hawkish party rather than a star in his own right.
Other possibles include Derby runner-up Golden Soul, Mylute (fifth in the Derby, third in the Preakness), Freedom Child, Power Broker and Code West.
As I've written before, the power of golf as a social and business broker tends to be exaggerated, as it is with politics.
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Mr Prescott's role as a power-broker and counsellor smoothed the often strained relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and also helped ensure a trouble-free transition from one leader to the other.
The Baillie of Spynie, John Innes, a local power-broker signed her up.
If that happens he will be a power broker - he is promising a referendum on the euro and believes the current austerity measures are ruining Italy.
The episode underlines Russia's continuing role as a regional power-broker.
Morsy, who came to power in June after the country's first democratic elections, helped broker an end to the November conflict between Israel and militants in Gaza.
Ozawa still controls the largest block of DPJ votes and continues to act as pre-eminent power broker, despite having had his party membership suspended as punishment for campaign finance law violations.
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