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Article: SENATOR MCCAIN PRESS SECRETARY TO JOIN MCI PUBLIC POLICY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
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- PR Newswire
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- February 28, 1996
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Deirdre M. Blackwood, press secretary to Senator John S. McCain's (R-AZ), will join MCI's public policy communications staff on March 1 to help promote MCI's accelerated plans to enter the local telephone market. Blackwood will oversee MCI's media efforts in California and other states served by Pacific Telesis Group and U S WEST.
"Deirdre will be a tremendous asset as we push to quickly open the Bell monopoly markets to real local competition," said Jonelle Birney, MCI Vice President for Corporate Communications. "Her extensive background in politics and long experience with the media will prove invaluable."
Blackwood ...