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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 1, 2021

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty has added a number of new staff to his office in Washington, D.C., Knoxnews reports. Hagerty last week announced a staff of 23 in his D.C. office, including 13 who previously worked in the Trump administration. John Rader, a Cookeville native, will be Hagerty's chief of staff. Rader served in Trump's administration as deputy assistant to the president for strategic initiative, as a policy and strategy advisor on the National Security Council and as deputy director of presidential appointments. Hagerty also recently announced he would establish a permanent office in Cookeville for the first time. Chattanoogan.com reports that the office will be located in the L. Clure Morton Federal Building at 9 E. Broad St., 3rd Floor. Other offices are located in Chattanooga, Jackson, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville and the Tri-Cities.