Meghan Clyne is a writer in

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, with pieces having appeared in ''

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'', the ''

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'' ('05-'06 ), and the ''

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''. She has served as a speechwriter for both First Lady Laura Bush and President

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. She was listed as associate editor at ''NR'' in 2004. In February 2009, Clyne addressed the restructuring of the

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in the

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, as well as the membership of the council established to guide the office's work. A piece on the subject appeared in ''The Weekly Standard''. In her most frequently cited article, Clyne criticized President Obama's choice of Yale Law School dean

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as the top legal officer of the United States Department of State. Clyne graduated in the Class of 2003 at

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and wrote for the '' Yale Daily News''. In her closing "Senior Perspective" column for the student paper, she wrote "I wrote my first column because I was enraged by the lack of patriotism displayed at Yale in the wake of Sept. 11." In May 2012,

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published a collection of writings by

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and Clyne, ''A Time for Governing: Policy Solutions from the Pages of National Affairs''. Clyne served as managing editor of ''

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''. Levin is the inaugural editor of the journal (2009-present'About us'
''nationalaffairs.com''. Retrieved 2022-12-07.).

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