Manuel Johnson Former Fed governor, now co-chair, Johnson Smick Intl. "Manny," as he is known, is a regular at the Cheney sessions. He attended a July 2007 lunch with Cheney in the White House mess along with Kudlow and Wesbury, expressing concerns about where the subprime mortgage market was heading.
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