Some more on Ned Price:
>Ned was an Associate at The Cohen Group, working under former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen on a variety of public policy, non-profit, and business initiatives.
https://elliott.gwu.edu/ned-price
From William S. Cohen's wikipedia article:
>Cohen served as Best Man in then-Senate Naval Liaison John McCain's second wedding (Gary Hart was a groomsman). McCain later became his Senate colleague.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cohen
He was also Secretary of Defense under Bill Clinton, among other things.