Neo-conservative Michael Goldfarb, who worked for John McCain during the presidential election, hails his former opponent in the Weekly Standard.

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"It's a good, positive step, " said Michael Goldfarb, a former FAA chief of staff who now heads a consulting business in Washington.

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Michael Goldfarb is a former London bureau chief for National Public Radio.

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Michael Goldfarb is a former London bureau chief for National Public Radio, and the author of Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance.

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