By Theo Emery Boston Globe OCTOBER 11, 2011 WASHINGTON – Defense lobbyists are packing a potent weapon in the battle to protect their industry: a warning that more cuts to the Pentagon budget will cost jobs, which could hit Massachusetts particularly hard. Often, military contractors focus their pitch for federal dollars on the need to […]
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Posted on: 10-11-2011
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Many in Both Parties Want a Window Into the Deficit Reduction Panel’s Work 0
By Robert Pear New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/us/politics/deficit-reduction-panel-is-criticized-for-its-secrecy.html OCTOBER 10, 2011 WASHINGTON — On one crucial point, a powerful Congressional committee seeking ways to reduce the federal budget deficit has managed to produce a rare bipartisan consensus: Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives in and out of Congress say the panel is doing too much of its work […]
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Posted on: 10-11-2011
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
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By The Hill Staff The Hill: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/185843-top-lobbyists-hired-guns OCTOBER 5, 2011 The Hill’s list of the stars of Washington’s “downtown” firms. Josh Ackil and Matt Tanielian, Franklin Square Group. With clients including Apple, Google and Intel, the two Democrats are among the elite lobbyists for Silicon Valley in Washington. Nick Allard, Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., Micah Green, Jonathan […]
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Posted on: 10-6-2011
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson
Posted in: ADI, American Defense International, Inc., Defense, Lobbying, Michael Herson