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Brian is a Washington political operative in his mid thirties. He's young, organized and charismatic. He's got brown hair that's a touch too long to be conservative, hazel eyes and a twist of a smile. He's the sort of guy who looks really ''good'' in a suit, and he's almost ''always'' in a suit. | Brian is a Washington political operative in his mid thirties. He's young, organized and charismatic. He's got brown hair that's a touch too long to be conservative, hazel eyes and a twist of a smile. He's the sort of guy who looks really ''good'' in a suit, and he's almost ''always'' in a suit. | ||
| − | + | From a well-off [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut Connecticut] family, Brian grew up in the suburbs of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%2C_Connecticut Hartford] in the heart of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England New England] affluence. He did his undergrad in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_Science Political Science] at [http://www.yale.edu/ Yale] and got his law degree from [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard]. He specialized in International Law, and spent a year of his law school time in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman Oman] on a [http://www.fulbrightonline.org/ Fullbright Scholarship]. In the 7 years between when he passed the bar and September 11, 2001, he had been Deputy Minority Council for the [http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/ House Committee on International Relations] (2 1/2 years), Majority Council for the [http://foreign.senate.gov/ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations] (3 years) and, finally, Chief of Staff for Republican [[Senator Lincoln Chafee]] (1 1/2 years). | |
| − | It had been a good life; a nice apartment in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Georgetown], a decent salary (approx. $116k - see [http://www.cmfweb.org/1999SenateStudysummary.asp], fifth bullet), a [http://www.lexus.com/ Lexus] to drive and a short series of girlfriends, most of whom he really liked | + | It had been a good life; a nice apartment in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown%2C_Washington%2C_D.C. Georgetown], a decent salary (approx. $116k - see [http://www.cmfweb.org/1999SenateStudysummary.asp], fifth bullet), a [http://www.lexus.com/ Lexus] to drive and a short series of girlfriends, most of whom he really liked. He kept himself busy with meeting after meeting and believed, on his best days, that the politics he put into practice really had the chance to make the country, and the world, a better place to be. |
| − | + | Not that Brian was without ambition; he was building connections for a bid for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives House] in 2004 when September 11th hit. In the aftermath of four years away from the beltway, he's starting to think he's going to have to find a different way to make the world a better place. | |
| − | Out of the core group of Survivors, Brian's the most physically changed, at least in outward appearance. He's grown by more than a foot, so that now stands at some 7 and a half feet tall, and his frame's filled out to match. What used to be the soft pudginess of a man who's daily exercise was pacing around an office has hardened into what seems to be sculpted muscle over a pair of broad shoulders. Brian was always an impressive speaker; now he's a <i>pressence</i> | + | Out of the core group of Survivors, Brian's the most physically changed, at least in outward appearance. He's grown by more than a foot, so that now stands at some 7 and a half feet tall, and his frame's filled out to match. What used to be the soft pudginess of a man who's daily exercise was pacing around an office has hardened into what seems to be sculpted muscle over a pair of broad shoulders. Brian was always an impressive speaker; now he's a <i>pressence</i> |
Brian's dealing with the changes The Survivors are undergoing through political action; in other words, he's throwing himself into his work. But more than that, he knows Washington and he knows the press. He knows what could happen to all of these poor, defenseless people if they don't have someone to look out for them. He feels that he has to be that someone; he's not sure that anyone else can. | Brian's dealing with the changes The Survivors are undergoing through political action; in other words, he's throwing himself into his work. But more than that, he knows Washington and he knows the press. He knows what could happen to all of these poor, defenseless people if they don't have someone to look out for them. He feels that he has to be that someone; he's not sure that anyone else can. | ||
