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Ohlhausen touts successes amid waiting game (FTC:WATCH)

By Kirk Victor and Claude R. Marx ( August 8, 2017, 15:59 GMT | Insight) -- Let's call the last six months a mixed bag for Maureen Ohlhausen of the Federal Trade Commission. Back in January, President Donald Trump named her acting chairman of the agency. Since then Ohlhausen has touted accomplishments that the agency has rolled up while downplaying her own frustrations. Even as she launched some major initiatives, including an economic liberty task force to promote competition by targeting excessive state licensure, Ohlhausen, who has devoted much of her career to the agency, has failed to get the prize she clearly wants: a nomination to be the permanent chairman.The following article appeared in the Aug. 4 issue of FTC:WATCH. For more information on FTC:WATCH, including getting access to its exclusive content, please contact info@ftcwatch.com....

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