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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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The Most Trusted Brand In Government

By Marc Ambinder

Jul 27 2009, 6:20 AM ET Comment

According to Gallup, the Centers for Disease Control, which is hosting today's Weight of the Nation conference on obesity, is the government agency most trusted by the American people. 61% say the CDC is doing an "excellent job." NASA and the FBI also get top marks.  The agency with the worst rep: the Federal Reserve Board, which gets 30% positive marks.  The head of the CDC, Dr. Thomas Freiden, gives the opening keynote this morning. I'll be interviewing him later in the day.


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