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[[Image:Gretchen Hamel.jpg|right|frame|Gretchen Hamel]]'''Gretchen D.K. Hamel''' is a founder and former partner of the [[public relations]] firm [[Endeavour Global Strategies]]. She is currently (in 2011) executive director of a Republican policy think tank called [[Public Notice]], which in 2011 operates a program called [[Bankrupting America]] that spends millions running ad campaigns attacking government spending and stimulus, and promoting federal budget cuts.