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Meta taps Republican Joel Kaplan to head global affairs
The former chief of staff under George W. Bush replaces Nick Clegg just weeks before Trump inauguration
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Facebook's Vice President of Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan (R) chat after leaving a meeting with Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in his office on Capitol Hill on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Meta’s most senior Republican, Joel Kaplan, will replace Nick Clegg as the social media giant’s chief global affairs officer, three weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The move was announced on Thursday in a social media post by...