Mitt Romney named a top Republican Jewish Coalition activist as one of his finance chairmen. Mel Sembler of Florida, a former ambassador to Italy and Australia, was one of eight national finance chairmen named Tuesday by the campaign to win the former Massachusetts governor the Republican presidential candidacy. Sembler has held a number of RJC leadership positions.
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