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America's Most Innovative Cities

John Avlon puts forth five city halls as examples worthy of emulation by American leadership:

With the help of Stephen Goldsmith and Jayson White of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Newsweek has developed a list of five top city-hall innovators who are tackling tough issues including education reform, public safety, quality of life, and job creation.

The Obama administration and Congress could learn a lot from the bold pragmatism of these urban innovators.

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David Frum

David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.

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