We would have loved to have overheard the conversation at the corner table at the Cosmos Club today where former Smithsonian head Larry Small, who left the post last month under a cloud of scandal, was lunching with Frank Raines, who took "early retirement" as Fannie Mae's CEO amid a cloud of scandal.
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We would have loved to have overheard the conversation at the corner table at the Cosmos Club today where former Smithsonian head Larry Small, who left the post last month under a cloud of scandal, was lunching with Frank Raines, who took "early retirement" as Fannie Mae's CEO amid a cloud of scandal.
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