Kelly, Peter G

<div>=</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><b>BKSH & Associates Worldwide</b> was a Washington, DC based <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbying_firm" title="Lobbying firm" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbying firm</a> that merged in 2010 with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Timmons_and_Company" title="Timmons and Company" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Timmons and Company</a> to form <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Prime_Policy_Group" title="Prime Policy Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Prime Policy Group</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burson-Marsteller" title="Burson-Marsteller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Burson-Marsteller</a> Global Public Relations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> BKSH was described as "a Washington-based bipartisan firm providing government relations services to a select number of domestic and international clients. The firm, a part of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burson-Marsteller" title="Burson-Marsteller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Burson-Marsteller</a> family, is led by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_R.Black,Jr." title="Charles R. Black, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles R. Black, Jr.</a>, who is best known as one of America's leading Republican political strategists, having served as senior advisor to Presidents <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ronald Reagan</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George H.W. Bush</a> and as a spokesman for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican Party</a>. The firm's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbyists</a>, lawyers, communications professionals, foreign affairs specialists and researchers design and execute programs to help shape public policy. Clients include Fortune 100 companies, multinationals, small and mid-sized companies, trade and industry associations, foreign governments, state governments and municipalities." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.civitasgroup.com/news/release1.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[1]</a></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">"BKSH is the name of leading-edge government relations consultancy for the 21st century. Created by the world's largest communications agency, Burson-Marsteller, it enables clients to mount US, pan-European and transatlantic campaigns. Wherever in the world BKSH operates, clients can rely on the same commitment: the promise of efficiency, effectiveness and excellence," the company <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bksh.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">boasts on its website</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">BKSH & Associates Worldwide was formed in May 1996 as a result of the merger of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Black,Kelly,Scruggs%26_Healey" title="Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey</a> (BKSH) with with another lobbying firm, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gold%26_Liebengood" title="Gold & Liebengood" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gold & Liebengood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 12px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 12px; display: inline; background: none;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 11px;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Joint_venture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Joint venture</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Iraq_work" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Iraq work</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Clients" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Clients</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Personnel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Former_contact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Former contact</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Joint_venture">Joint venture</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">"Part of public relations giant Burson-Marstellar, BKSH & Associates lobbied in 2002 for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texans_for_a_Republican_Majority" title="Texans for a Republican Majority" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">TRM</a> donors <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AT%26T" title="AT&T" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AT&T</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Philip_Morris" title="Philip Morris" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philip Morris</a>. BKSH Chair Charles Black and senior counselor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J.Warren_Tompkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. Warren Tompkins (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">J. Warren Tompkins</a> were political advisors to President [Ronald] <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Reagan</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.W.Bush" title="George H.W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">first</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">second</a> President Bush. Both men are elite <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W.Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George W. Bush</a> fundraisers, as is Black’s lobbyist wife, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Judy_Black&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Judy Black (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Judy Black</a>. BKSH and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stonebridge_International_LLC" title="Stonebridge International LLC" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stonebridge International</a> recently launched a joint venture, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Civitas_Group,LLC" title="Civitas Group, LLC" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Civitas Group LLC</a>, which specializes in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Homeland_security" title="Homeland security" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">homeland security</a> consulting. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_M.Allbaugh" title="Joe M. Allbaugh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joe Allbaugh</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_B.Francis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim B. Francis (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Jim Francis</a>, one of Bush’s Texas Public Safety Commissioners, sit on the group’s advisory board," Texans for Public Justice <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tpj.org/page_view.jsp?pageid=721&pubid=483" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">reported</a> October 11, 2004.</p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Iraq_work">Iraq work</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">The <i>New Yorker</i> magazine reported in Feburary 2004 that Black was considering setting up an office in Baghdad. "The problem in Iraq so far is it's slow, and very confusing for people to figure out how to do business there ... One week you go to Baghdad, and they say the decisions are being made at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pentagon" title="Pentagon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pentagon</a>. Then you go to the Pentagon, and they say the decisions are being made in Baghdad. Only Halliburton is making money now!," he told <i>New Yorker</i>. "Is there too much cronyism? I just wish I could find the cronies," Black <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040216fa_fact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">said</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In July 2005 <i>O'Dwyers PR Daily</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0722lincoln.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">reported</a> that BKSH had been hired by The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lincoln_Group" title="Lincoln Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lincoln Group</a> "one of three firms selected last month by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Special_Operations_Command" title="U.S. Special Operations Command" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Special Operations Command</a> to wage <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Psychological_warfare" title="Psychological warfare" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">psychological warfare</a> on behalf of the Pentagon in Iraq and other hot spots."</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">"BKSH has experience on the Iraqi front earned from work for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ahmed_Chalabi" title="Ahmed Chalabi" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ahmed Chalabi</a> and his <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraqi_National_Congress" title="Iraqi National Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraqi National Congress</a>. Col. James Treadwell, director of the Joint Psychological Operations Support Element, said <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lincoln_Group" title="Lincoln Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">TLG</a> was selected to develop 'cutting-edge types of media,' including radio/TV ads, documentaries, text messages, Internet spots and podcasts for the U.S. military. The Pentagon expects to spend $3M in the first-year as a 'test,' and could spend up to $300M over five years if the 'psyops' operations conducted by TLG, SYColeman and Science Applications International Corp are deemed successful," O'Dwyers <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0722lincoln.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">reported</a>.</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">In February 2006 <i>O'Dwyers PR Daily</i> reported that BKSH & Associates, "has added the Republic of Iraq to its client roster," reports O'Dwyer's. "The Washington, DC-based firm had worked for the [U.S.-funded] Iraqi National Congress opposition group during the reign of Saddam Hussein." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0209bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[2]</a></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">BKSH & Associates parent company, Burson-Marsteller has already "helped the deputy military attache do outreach to key media outlets," including the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> and <i>CNN</i>, and has contacted the U.S. State Department and National Security Council on behalf of the Iraqi Embassy. The firm's Iraq contract also includes setting up editorial board meetings, placing op/ed pieces, and strengthening "ties with organizations like the American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Council on Foreign Relations and Business Council for International Understanding." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0209bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[3]</a></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Clients">Clients</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Disclosure of lobbying activities under the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Act" title="Foreign Agents Registration Act" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Foreign Agents Registration Act</a> reveals clients included:</p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Colombia" title="Colombia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Colombia</a>: "The registrant provided advice and counsel relating to communications activities, developed communications materials and worked with media organizations to advance the interests of the foreign principal," the company disclosed. In the six month period ending June 1, 2002 the company was paid $232,500.00. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/Fara1st02/COUNTRY/NIGERIA.HTM" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[4]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">His Excellency Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, Governor Jigawa State, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nigeria" title="Nigeria" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nigeria</a>: "The registrant met with U.S. Government officials and congressional staffers regarding the gum Arabic project in Nigeria," the company disclosed. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/Fara1st02/COUNTRY/UKRAINE.HTM" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[5]</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Agency for Humanitarian Technologies: "The registrant monitored news articles and political statements of interest to the foreign principal. The registrant also contacted congressional staffers and U.S. Government officials to provide an update on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ukraine" title="Ukraine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ukraine</a> following parliamentary elections and to discuss the status of U.S.-Ukraine relations," it disclosed. For this it was paid $110,000.00 for January 1 to June 30,2002. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/Fara1st02/COUNTRY/UKRAINE.HTM" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[6]</a></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Other clients included:</p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_for_Abundant_Food_and_Energy" title="Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy</a>, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Front_group" title="Front group" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">front group</a> supporting subsidies for ethanol fuel, with member companies including <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Archer_Daniels_Midland" title="Archer Daniels Midland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Archer Daniels Midland</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Monsanto</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Blackwater_USA" title="Blackwater USA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Blackwater USA</a> BKSH was hired through a personal relationship with Blackwater to help with Erik Prince's October 2, 2007 testimony in front of Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.prweek.com/us/news/article/743606/Blackwater-incident-sheds-light-crises/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[7]</a> Handling the case for BKSH was former State Department official,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Tappan" title="Robert Tappan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Robert Tappan</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5io26XfEe4F4LJr8KxWsRUyjO_SbwD8S34P3O0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[8]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/rls/62028.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[9]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Electric" title="General Electric" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">General Electric</a> "to handle trade and foreign relations issues" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerspr.com/members/1222ge.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[10]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors_Corporation" title="General Motors Corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">General Motors Corporation</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Haiti" title="Haiti" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Haiti</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/july/0720bksh_haiti.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[11]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Business/092705_bottom.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[12]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greece" title="Greece" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Greece</a> - in January 2007 signed "a six-month contract for strategic advice and intelligence gathering" with BKSH, including "executive branch monitoring and House and Senate advocacy" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0118bksh_greece.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[13]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraqi_National_Congress" title="Iraqi National Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iraqi National Congress</a> and its head <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ahmad_Chalabi" title="Ahmad Chalabi" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ahmad Chalabi</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Radio Sedaye Iran (Radio Voice of Iran), the Beverly Hills-based network that advocates regime change in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iran" title="Iran" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iran</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/may/0512bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[14]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Chamber_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Chamber of Commerce" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a> on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tort_reform" title="Tort reform" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">tort reform</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/april/0429bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[15]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/YukosSibneft_Oil_Company" title="YukosSibneft Oil Company" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">YukosSibneft Oil Company</a> (a.k.a. Yukos Oil) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/may/0521bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[16]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Values_First&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Values First (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Values First</a>, a "non-profit and non-religious" group, on "federal initiatives regarding 'character education.'" According to <i>O'Dwyer's</i>, Values First "believes the infusion of values (responsibility, honesty, hard work, fairness and concern for others) into the nation's schools will cultivate better leaders for tomorrow." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0725bksh_valuesfirst.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">[17]</a></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">According to records of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, BKSH & Associates is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clerk.house.gov/pd/houseID.html?reg_id=33118" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">registered</a> to represent 90 clients. (Accessed December 14, 2005.)</p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_R.Black,Jr." title="Charles R. Black, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles R. Black, Jr.</a> Chairman</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gardner_Peckham" title="Gardner Peckham" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gardner Peckham</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 19px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Former_contact">Former contact</span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">President and Chief Executive Officer
BKSH & Associates
1801 K Street, N.W.,
Suite 901-L
Washington, D.C. 20006-1201
U.S.A.
Tel: +1 202 530 0500
Fax: +1 202 530 4800
</p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;">Jeremy Galbraith
Chief Executive Officer
BKSH Europe
37 square de Meeus
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 743 6611
Fax: +32 2 733 6611
URL: Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.prime-policy.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.prime-policy.com</a>
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Black, Jr." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles R. 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prime-policy.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Website</a>, Prime Policy Group, accessed December 2010.</span></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bksh.com/history-of-bksh-associates.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"History of BKSH & Associates Worldwide"</a>, BKSH & Associates Worldwide, accessed March 2008.</span></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=BKSH%26_Associates#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up</span>↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0925bksh_ethanol.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH Protects Ethanol Subsidies</a>," <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> (sub req'd), September 25, 2008.</span></li></ol><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 17px; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_articles">External articles</span></h3><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/april/0417bm.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">B-M promotes INC</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, April 17, 2003. (Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/april/0429bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Big Business uses BKSH for tort reform</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, April 29, 2003. (Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2003/august/0808taiwan.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Taiwan hires BKSH</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, August 8, 2003.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bmbrussels.be/files/file_62.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAATklEQVR4XmXKQQqAMAwF0X/7XsSz9CSKiyIIFRFcjMmihmiGbB5fqDCaQJ4j46pzYLUWe+cXZ6OVBhTS0srY2Njp/+XxXXZOLu6EUWAOPX1vnwTBe6qQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">A Guide to Effective Lobbying of the European Commission: Based on a survey of senior Commission Officials</a></i>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burson-Marsteller" title="Burson-Marsteller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Burson-Marsteller</a> and BKSH, Spring 2003.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/february/0211livingston.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Livingston gets Iraq gig: BKSH eyes Baghdad digs</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, February 11, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jane Mayer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040216fa_fact" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"Contract Sport: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?"</a>, <i>New Yorker</i>, February 16-23, 2004.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/may/0512bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH tunes into radio Iran</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, May 11, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/may/0521bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH rolls out top guns</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, May 21, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/july/0720bksh_haiti.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSAH & ASSoc helps Haiti</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, July 20, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/november/1124kosmos.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Kosmos picks BKSH</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, November 24, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2004/december/1220yukos.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">B-M guides Western media for Yukos Oil</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, December 20, 2004.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerspr.com/members/1222ge.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">GE hires BKSH</a>", <i>O'Dwyers PR Daily</i>, December 22, 2004. (Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0722lincoln.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">B-M Firm Hired by Pentagon's 'Psyops' Firm</a>", <i>O'Dwyers PR Daily</i>, July 22, 2005.(Sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0209bksh.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH Reps Iraq</a>", <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>, February 9, 2006. (sub req'd)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0725bksh_valuesfirst.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH Launches 'Values' Drive</a>," <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> (sub req'd), July 25, 2006.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0118bksh_greece.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">BKSH Gets Greece</a>," <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> (sub req'd), January 18, 2007.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Muriel Kane, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Blackwater_PR_firm_aided_Chalabi_Works_1022.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">"Blackwater PR firm aided Chalabi; Works to polish AT&T's image,"</a> <i>The Raw Story</i>, October 23, 2007.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nikolas Kozloff, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff06242008.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">Charlie Black's Play Book: 'McCain Needs Another 9/11 Attack'</a>," CounterPunch.org, June 24, 2008.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Glenn R. Simpson, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122084290788909275.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAVElEQVR42n3PgQkAIAhEUXdqJ3dqJ3e6IoTPUSQcgj4EQ5IlUiLE0Jil3PECXhcHGBhZ8kg4hwxAu3MZeCGeyFnAXp4hqNQPnt7QL0nADpD6wHccLvnAKksq8iiaAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) 100% 50% no-repeat;">McCain Adviser Had Russian Ties</a>," <i>Wall Street Journal</i> (sub req'd), September 8, 2008.</li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Categories</a>: <ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style: none none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-style: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Lobbyists" title="Category:Lobbyists" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lobbyists</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Lobbying_firms" title="Category:Lobbying firms" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lobbying firms</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Politics(U.S.)" title="Category:Politics (U.S.)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Politics (U.S.)</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:United_States" title="Category:United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div>
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</div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Peter G. Kelly</b> (born 1938) is an American lobbyist and political consultant.</p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 13px;"> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#Education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a><ul style="line-height: 1.6; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#Activity_in_international_relations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Activity in international relations</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_G.Kelly&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After education at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Georgetown University</a> and Yale Law School.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> Kelly founded his own law firm, Updike, Kelly and Spellacy.</p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_G.Kelly&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He served as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic National Committee</a> finance chair, 1981-1985.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> He served as</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> senior political advisor to Albert Gore, Jr. in 1988 and 2000, Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996, and John Kerry in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-PBN_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_note-PBN-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[3]</a></sup></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Kelly was a founding partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black,Manafort,Stone_and_Kelly" title="Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly</a> (BMSK) and its successor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black,Kelly,Scruggs%26_Healey" title="Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey</a> (BKSH & Associates), one of the most powerful lobbying firms in the United States, owned by public relations powerhouse <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burson-Marsteller" title="Burson-Marsteller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Burson-Marsteller</a>.</p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="Activity_in_international_relations">Activity in international relations</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_G.Kelly&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Activity in international relations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After retiring from BKSH, Kelly worked with The PBN Company,<sup id="cite_ref-PBN_3-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_note-PBN-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a></sup> has served as Vice Chairman of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Foundation_for_Election_Systems" title="International Foundation for Election Systems" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">International Foundation for Election Systems</a> (IFES), as director and treasurer for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Institute" title="National Democratic Institute" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">National Democratic Institute</a>, and as Managing Director of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burson-Marsteller" title="Burson-Marsteller" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Burson-Marsteller</a> in Latin America. Currently he is the Chairman of IFES's Board.<sup id="cite_ref-ifesboard_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_note-ifesboard-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-left: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_G.Kelly&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2><div class="reflist" style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); list-style-type: decimal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; font-size: 13px; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G.Kelly#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up</span>^{</a></b></span> }<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cna.org/about/leadership/board/kelly.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">CNA Corporation - Peter G. 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</div><div><p style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Peter Kelly has long been active in politics at every level, in the world of business on a national and international level and the practice of law in Connecticut and nationally.  He has served as National Treasurer and National Finance Chairman of the Democratic Party.  He was a member of the Democratic National Committee for sixteen years.  He has served as senior political advisor to Albert Gore, Jr. in 1986, 1988 and 2000 and William Clinton in 1992 and 1996. </p><p style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Kelly was one of the architects of our country’s democratization foundation structure.  He was a director and Treasurer of the American Political Foundation, the originator of the  structure.  He was a founder, director and Treasurer of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and Chairman and a director of The Center for Democracy, both based in Washington, DC. </p><p style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He currently serves as Chairman and a director of <b>International Foundation for Electoral Systems</b>, a bi-partisan foundation, that works around the World assisting emerging democracies in establishing an electoral process. These include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territory, Egypt, Sudan, Libya and others.</p><p style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Kelly, a graduate of Georgetown University <em>magna cum laude</em> and the Yale Law School where he served as an Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He is a senior principal of Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., a law firm with offices in Hartford, Middletown and New Haven, Connecticut.</p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- See more at: https://www.cna.org/about/leadership/board/peter-kelly#sthash.zd7Dt89Y.dpuf</span></div><div></div>