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Ex-IL Comptroller Gets Job with US Government
CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes has a new job with the federal government.

Hynes has been appointed as the U.S. government's observer to the International Fund for Ireland.

In his new job, Hynes will serve as the official observer at all meetings of the fund's board of directors.

The International Fund for Ireland is an independent organization with the aim of fostering peace in Northern Ireland and bordering countries. It's financed, in part, by the U.S. government.

Hynes, a Democrat, was first elected as Illinois comptroller in 1998 and served until January. He didn't seek re-election and was replaced by Republican former state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka.

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