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Like everyone else in the United
States, the group stood transfixed as the events of September
11 unfolded. Present were former secretary of defense Frank
Carlucci, former secretary of state James Baker III, and
representatives of the bin Laden family. This was not some
underground presidential bunker or Central Intelligence
Agency interrogation room. It was the Ritz-Carlton in Washington,
D.C., the plush setting for the annual investor conference
of one of the most powerful, well-connected, and secretive
companies in the world: the Carlyle Group. And since September
11, this little-known company has become unexpectedly important.
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