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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) failed to report in a timely way several stock transactions his dependent children made over a year ago while he was a member of the House.

Marshall made the disclosure on Tuesday with the House Clerk's office, more than a year after the 45 day reporting deadline required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, better known as the STOCK Act. The disclosure indicates that between Feb. 24 and July 8, 2020, Marshall's dependent children made several financial transactions, including a purchase of as much as $15,000 worth of stock in both Chevron and Disney during the pandemic stock market crash.

While the transactions were reported in Marshall's most recent annual report filed with the Senate, they were not included in any of his periodic transaction reports he filed as a member of the House in 2020.

Marshall joins a list of dozens of other members who have recently failed to disclose their financial transactions within the reporting window specified in the STOCK Act.

Google has added a Democratic aide to its D.C. communications team.

Danielle Cohen is now a policy communications manager for the tech behemoth, which spent more than $8.8 million on its federal lobbying program in the last year.

Cohen joined Google from the office of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), where she was communications director. She's also worked for Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).

A former Navy secretary with deep ties to Australia's submarine-policy sphere is now representing the Australian government for work related to AUKUS, the new U.S.-U.K.-Australian security agreement that changes Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines.

Donald Winter, who served as secretary of the Navy under George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has newly disclosed his status as a foreign agent for the oceanic country. Winter is receiving $6,000 per day plus expenses to help the Australian prime minister's office to "engage with U.S. personnel to facilitate Australia's engagement with [the] U.S. and U.K. per [the] AUKUS agreement," according to a pair of recent Justice Department disclosures. Australia paid Winter another $10,125 last month for unspecified "technical advisory services," according to the filings.

Less than two weeks old, the AUKUS deal has been met with strong international reaction. Chinese leaders have expressed concern that the pact will lead to an Asia-Pacific arms race. France, meanwhile, has pulled its ambassadors from the U.S. and Australia because the deal cancelled an existing submarine trade agreement between France and Australia.

Winter has worked behind the scenes of Australia's nuclear submarine policy for years, and he's advised the country's National Shipbuilding Advisory Board and Prime Minister Scott Morrison, among others. As head of an independent oversight board, Winter reportedly began pushing three years ago for Australia to reconsider its submarine contract with France.

After jobs with two members of the Indiana delegation, a Democratic staffer has moved to the American Psychiatric Association.

Leslie Samuel is now a manager of federal relations at the APA, the world's largest psychiatric group. The professional group lobbies Congress on dozens of bills each quarter.

Samuel comes from the office of Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-Ind.), where she was a legislative assistant. She previously held the same title with Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.).

A Democratic committee staffer has moved to K Street after more than 22 years on the Hill.

Scott Nance is now vice president at A1.9 Strategies. He joins firm founder Michael Higdon, former chief of staff to Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) and a Cornerstone Government Affairs alumnus, to round out the two-man lobbying shop. A1.9's clients range from Goodyear to the National Head Start Association.

Nance comes from the Senate Appropriations Committee's Homeland Security Subcommittee, where he was the majority's top staffer. He's also worked in the House, for then-Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).