And the candidates are also doing everything in their power to publicize the support of less familiar officials, including, it seems, every Council or Assembly member, no matter how little known to the general public.
Recent days have brought a flurry of appointments of familiar Putin officials moving between offices in the Kremlin and the Russian White House.
I'm also familiar with the official reason: security.
"Franks suggested it," said the official familiar with the conversation.
official familiar with the process who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"They are teaching everything," one Arab official familiar with the effort said.
One American official familiar with classified intelligence assessments defended the spy agencies' Tunisia analysis.
An Olympus official familiar with Axes sought the firm's counsel.
A United States official familiar with the events disagreed with that characterization.
I spoke this morning to an official familiar with the fiscal cliff talks.
