Sanctions deemed effective

One of the federal government’s most powerful weapons in its fight against terror has been a former Toledoan who is a self-described nerd.R. Richard “Rick” Newcomb, a high-powered Washington attorney who served as the U.S. Treasury Department’s office of foreign assets control director from 1987-2004, delivered Friday’s keynote address to 170 people attending the 77th annual Smead Luncheon and