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David M. Pitcher is a former U.S. Navy lieutenant JAGC and was a White House Military Aide from 1971 to 1974 during the Nixon Administration. He is currently a partner and intellectual property attorney with Washington D.C. law firm Staas & Halsey LLP.
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