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    "name": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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    "articles": [
      {
        "uri": "/2002/02/26/navys-mcdonnell-turns-temp-job-into-career/",
        "title": "Navy's McDonnell turns temp job into career",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 26, 2002",
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        "summary": "VIENNA, Va.-After serving in active duty in the Navy from 1966 to 1970, Brian McDonnell was looking for a job while serving in the Naval reserves. The rest, as the saying goes, is history. McDonnell was offered two positions at Navy Federal Credit Union: the head of general accounting and...",
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        "uri": "/2002/02/12/cu-community-disputes-ncrc-study-findings-indicating-discrimination-in-cu-lending/",
        "title": "CU community disputes NCRC study findings indicating discrimination in CU lending",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 12, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "7 minute",
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        "summary": "WASHINGTON-The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) conducted a two-year study of the lending trends, based on Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, in which it alleges \"NCUA member lenders\" fall short of efforts in community reinvestment than their financial services counterparts that are subject to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)....",
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      {
        "uri": "/2002/02/05/johnson-hopes-to-leave-lasting-impression-on-agency/",
        "title": "Johnson hopes to leave lasting impression on agency",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In one of her first interviews with the credit union trade press, newly inaugurated NCUA Board Member JoAnn Johnson said that she would like to leave a favorable fingerprint on the agency. \"When I leave here, I hope to have good things said: a good manager and a good...",
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        "uri": "/2002/02/05/matz-says-strong-financial-background-will-help-her-at-ncua/",
        "title": "Matz says strong financial background will help her at NCUA",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Board Member Deborah Matz said she is very comfortable taking her seat at the agency. She noted that her strong financial background, having worked on state and local government issues and the loan resolution task force following the economic downturn of the 1980s, gives her a boost, as...",
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        "uri": "/2002/02/05/new-ncua-board-members-diving-in-to-new-duties/",
        "title": "New NCUA Board members diving in to new duties",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "1 minute",
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        "summary": "CU Times Washington Reporter ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The two new recess appointees to the NCUA Board, Iowa State Senator JoAnn Johnson and UN Official Deborah Matz, are jumping in to their new responsibilities at the agency with both feet. For starters, both will be facing an NCUA Board meeting in just their...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2002/02/05/financial-services-provides-insight-on-deposit-insurance-reform/",
        "title": "Financial Services provides insight on deposit insurance reform",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "WASHINGTON-The House Financial Services Committee staff held a meeting January 24 with industry leaders regarding federal deposit insurance reform. Financial Institution Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) is expected to introduce deposit insurance reform legislation this year. Financial Services majority staff has also been meeting with Senate Banking Committee majority staff...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2002/02/05/nafcu-maintains-viability-in-a-shrinking-market/",
        "title": "NAFCU maintains viability in a shrinking market",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "February 05, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "6 minute",
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        "summary": "ARLINGTON, Va.-In the face of declining membership numbers and a shrinking pool of potential members, NAFCU still presents an active role in credit union political affairs. As NAFCU's leader passed the two-year mark last week, President and CEO Fred Becker was working to increase the association's membership despite the falling...",
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        "uri": "/2002/01/29/gac-attendance-down-so-far-not-unexpected/",
        "title": "GAC attendance down so far, not unexpected",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "January 29, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "WASHINGTON-CUNA is making extra efforts this year to encourage credit unions to send representatives to its annual Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) February 24 through the 27 in Washington, D.C. CUNA Senior Vice President of Communications Mark Wolff, who is in charge of the conference, said that CUNA is trying some...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2002/01/29/community-reinvestment-coalition-files-suit-against-ncua-over-cap/",
        "title": "Community reinvestment coalition files suit against NCUA over CAP",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "January 29, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "By SARAH SNELL COOKE CU Times Washington Reporter WASHINGTON-The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) filed a federal lawsuit last week challenging the NCUA's repeal of the Community Action Plan (CAP), which would have required community-based credit unions to supply NCUA with a plan of how it intended to serve its...",
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      {
        "uri": "/2002/01/29/president-bush-makes-recess-appointments-matz-johnson-in-for-now-but-still-await-senate-confirmation-to-serve-full-terms/",
        "title": "President Bush makes recess appointments: Matz, Johnson in for now, but still await Senate confirmation to serve full terms",
        "byline": "Sarah Snell Cooke",
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        "prettyDate": "January 29, 2002",
        "timeToRead": "4 minute",
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        "summary": "By SARAH SNELL COOKE CU Times Washington Reporter WASHINGTON-In the roller coaster ride that is Washington politics, President George W. Bush made two recess appointments to fill the open slots on the NCUA Board the day Congress returned to work. Iowa State Senator JoAnn Johnson and United Nations Official Deborah...",
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