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  1. A conversation about the Japanese economy
    A conversation about the Japanese economy

    with Thomas Foley on May 3, 2001

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Tom Foley is a former Speaker of the House (1989-1995) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1997-2001). He now serves as a Partner in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, where he had been a Partner for two years before his appointment to Tokyo in 1997.

Foley (D-WA) represented the State of Washington’s Fifth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1965-95 and served as the Majority Leader from 1987 until his election as Speaker on June 6, 1989. He served as the Majority Whip (1981-1987), the number three position in the House Leadership. He also served as Chairman of both the House Democratic Caucus and the Democratic Study Group. Foley served as a member of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; the Committee on Agriculture (Chairman 1975-80); and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

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