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Nebraska Republican will marry former Hill staffer

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 21, 2014

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) is counting down to more than just Thanksgiving dinner. He is one week away from tying the knot with a senior adviser at the Aspen Institute who once worked briefly in Congress.

Andrea McDaniel has since held positions with the Brookings Institution and State Department, as well as the George W. Bush White House, but she got her start as a Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) intern in 1999. The two are set to marry Nov. 29, according to Smith's gift waiver disclosure request.

McDaniel also worked as a staff assistant and scheduler for Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.) before moving off Capitol Hill. She was a White House aide between 2001 and 2003 and worked at the State Department first as deputy White House liaison then as director of the office of private sector outreach from 2003 to 2009.

After leaving the State Department, McDaniel co-founded the As We Forgive Rwanda Initiative and has worked at the Aspen Institute since 2010.