A former Joe Biden aide who worked for him in the Senate when he wrote the Violence Against Women Act has taken a senior-level position with the National Football League as it struggles with its reputation among women.  Cynthia Hogan will be the league’s senior vice president of public policy and government affairs, the organization announced Tuesday.  “The complex and compelling issues of interest to the NFL and the opportunity to help shape policy on those issues, is a unique and exciting challenge,” Hogan said in a news release. “I could not be more excited about joining the NFL team.”  Hogan worked in the Obama White House from 2009 to 2013 as counsel for Biden, and helped shepherd Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor through her confirmation. She also was on the team that shaped the administration’s anti-gun violence message after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  Biden tweeted congratulations to her, calling her “a great friend and a great lawyer.”  The NFL is facing terrible public relations over how it responds to domestic violence involving its players after video circulated showing Ray Rice punching and knocking out his then-fiance. Hogan’s credentials on women’s issues and in Washington are an obvious choice to help the NFL rehabilitate its image.  Just how connected is she? We hear Hogan belonged to a book club that over time included women like now-Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, former Obama deputy chief of staff for policy Nancy-Ann DeParle, and Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chai Feldblum.  With friends like that …  Colby Itkowitz is a national reporter for In The Loop.  SECTION: {section=politics, subsection=null}!!! 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Cynthia Hogan is hired to represent NFL in Washington as the league struggles to repair its image in wake of domestic violence by players.