Machida re-joined Akin Gump in 2003 after a two-year stint at the White House as the deputy assistant to Vice President Cheney for domestic policy and as the acting director of the Office of Domestic Policy.
Machida is active in Republican politics, having also served as an economic policy advisor to the 1996 presidential campaign of Sen. Bob Dole, and as an assistant to the Republican leader under Sen. Dole from 1992 to 1995, specializing in taxation, banking and finance issues.
Machida is fluent in English and Japanese, and is the author of a handbook for Japanese students studying in the United States.
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