Federal Insider: Quoth McRaven

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The Washington PostWednesday, August 29, 2012
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News from the Fed Page

Adm. William H. McRaven revealed the unlikely inspiration behind his own career choice: a John Wayne movie.

Quoth McRaven

Adm. McRaven dislikes pop-culture portrayals of Special Forces - except John Wayne.

On Leadership

Activity lead Bobak Ferdowsi (R), who cuts his hair differently for each mission, works inside inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California in this August 5, 2012 file photograph. As the world was glued to NASA's rover landing on Mars, the Internet found its own star right in the mission's ground control room - NASA Mohawk Guy. REUTERS/Brian van der   Brug/POOL/Files   (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

Beyond the Mars landing

From the NIH superbug to wildfires out West, a look at the biggest federal leadership moments this summer.

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The government's airplane crash detective

James Cash has spent nearly three decades in federal service successfully deciphering information from electronic recording devices to help determine the causes of major aviation and other transportation accidents.

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