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<a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2005/07/robert-luskin-right-lawyer-for-karl.html">http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2005/07/robert-luskin-right-lawyer-for-karl.html</a></p>

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Luskin has an interesting history worth looking into-- all very public and all certainly delved into carefully by Rove before he hired him. For example, it is widely know that Luskin is inexorably tied to New England's Patriarca Crime Family. (Yes, Bush's closest political aide is in bed with the Mafia.) A few years ago Patriarca "associate" and precious metals dealer, Stephen A. Saccoccia, was convicted of money-laundering for the 2 biggest South American drug cartels and La Cosa Nostra crime families in New England. Luskin was the attorney. Big deal, you say? Lawyers represent anyone, you say? Sit back and listen to the rest of this sordid tale (that Rove knew well). Saccoccia was sentenced to 660 years in federal prison, fined $15.8 million and ordered to forfeit all laundered money. (Justice should only be so Just in Luskin's current case.) Five years later Luskin, in a bargain that left him with a license to continue practicing law (and representing organized crime), was forced to forfeit to the federal government $245,000 of $674,296 he received in “legal fees” from Saccoccia. Luskin said he received 45 gold bars valued at $505,125 and $169,171 in wire transfers from a Swiss bank account. The U.S. Supreme Court had previously ruled that attorneys cannot be paid with funds acquired as the result of the crime and the Department of Justice went after Luskin charging him with "willful blindness" in accepting the gold bricks and suspicious wire transfers which were, after all, EXACTLY what Saccoccia was doing 660 years in the pen for! The U.S.-Attorney prosecuting Luskin pointed out that "Luskin had reasonable cause to know that these funds were the proceeds of Saccoccia’s money-laundering activities. Luskin, however, chose not to know the true origin of these funds.” Could Rove have found a more perfect match? And keep in mind that seizing attorney's fees is not an everyday occurrence. It happens two or three times a year. A lawyer has to be a really bad character to get the Department of Justice to go after him that way-- REALLY REALLY bad.</p>

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News of Marsh's suicide has spread around the country based solely on the word of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Luskin">Robert Luskin</a>, a high-powered, Washington, D.C., lawyer. Luskin, of the firm Patton Boggs, represented Marsh in the Stevens investigation. He also has represented Karl Rove and helped ensure that the former Bush White House strategist would not have to testify under oath about his role in possible political prosecutions of well-known Democrats, such as Don Siegelman in Alabama and Paul Minor in Mississippi.</p>

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<p>This article is part of the Center for Media & Democracy's focus on the fallout of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Nuclear_Issues" title="Portal:Nuclear Issues">nuclear</a> "spin."</p>

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<p><b>Patton Boggs</b> is a general practice law firm and high-powered <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lobbying_firms" title="Lobbying firms">lobbying firm</a>, associated with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Qorvis_Communications" title="Qorvis Communications">Qorvis Communications</a>. In addition to their Washington DC headquarters, they maintain offices in Anchorage, Dallas, Denver, Northern Virginia, and Doha, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>.</p>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#History">1 History</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#International_work">2 International work</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#Personnel">4 Personnel</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#Past_and_present_clients">5 Past and present clients</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#Contact_info">6 Contact info</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#Articles_and_resources">7 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#Related_SourceWatch_articles">7.1 Related <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SourceWatch</b> articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#References">7.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#External_resources">7.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#External_articles">7.4 External articles</a></li>

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<h2>History</h2>

<p>According to its website, "<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> was among the first national law firms to recognize that all three branches of government could serve as forums in which to achieve client goals... Founded in 1962 by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_R.Patton,Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James R. Patton, Jr. (page does not exist)">James R. <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b>, Jr.</a>, and joined soon after by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Blow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Blow (page does not exist)">George Blow</a> and then <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Hale_Boggs,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (page does not exist)">Thomas Hale <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>, Jr.</a>, we have maintained our strong concentration in international and trade law with over 200 international clients from over 70 countries. <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>, for example, has participated in the formation of every major multilateral trade agreement considered by Congress. But we have evolved beyond our roots to become a full-service firm with a national presence in every major area of legal representation, and have developed our business law expertise -- secured transactions, public offerings, financial services, and the like -- into our largest practice area today."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h2>International work</h2>

<p>In October 2008, <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> "signed a $350K six-month contract with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=India" title="India">India</a> to serve as its public policy representative on issues coming before Congress and the Administration." The firm reports to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ronen_Sen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ronen Sen (page does not exist)">Ronen Sen</a>, India’s Ambassador to the U.S. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-India-1" title="">[2]</a>

In October 2004, <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> secured a $22,000-a-month contract with the government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, "to win Congressional passage of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.-Kuwait_Free_Trade_Agreement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S.-Kuwait Free Trade Agreement (page does not exist)">U.S.-Kuwait Free Trade Agreement</a>," reported <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>. As part of the contract, the firm will "advise Kuwait about its current image among U.S. policymakers, prepare economic/policy briefing materials and set up meetings with government officials." The <i>O'Dwyer's</i> story noted, "Kuwait scored political points in the U.S. for its role of launching pad for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Invasion_of_Iraq" title="Invasion of Iraq" class="mw-redirect">invasion of Iraq</a>. Jordan was awarded an FTA with the U.S. last year."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></p>

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In August 2004, <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> reported that the company had won a $400,000 contract with the government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a> to represent it with the U.S. Congress, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Overseas_Private_Investment_Corporation" title="Overseas Private Investment Corporation">Overseas Private Investment Corporation</a>. The account team will be headed by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joseph_Brand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Brand (page does not exist)">Joseph Brand</a>, O'Dwyers reported.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></p>

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In 2003, <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> started an "Iraq Reconstruction" practice area, noting: "Early estimates on the total value of reconstruction-oriented contracts from such organizations as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=USAID" title="USAID" class="mw-redirect">USAID</a> and the Army Corps of Engineers exceed $4 billion... Despite the scope and number of opportunities for contractors, competition will be strong, and regulations governing contract bidding and award present distinct challenges for companies hoping to compete for and win U.S. government contracts for reconstruction projects... <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> has represented many companies seeking and eventually winning contracts for infrastructure reconstruction in the wake of hostilities and regime change. The firm has also represented business enterprises that provide technical assistance to governments in other important realms of regime change, including transformation of state-run economies to market-based, and related efforts to privatize state-owned enterprises." The successful examples the firm cited was winning the contract to rebuild "the most difficult segment of the George W. Bush Kabul-Kandahar Highway in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>" for a major U.S. construction company.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-4" title="">[5]</a></p>

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In November 2002, "the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Government_Reform" title="House Committee on Government Reform" class="mw-redirect">House Committee on Government Reform</a>, which is investigating reports of American children kidnapped and held in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, has issued subpoenas to the Kingdom's top lobbying firms <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Qorvis_Communications" title="Qorvis Communications">Qorvis Communications</a>, <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gallagher_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gallagher Group (page does not exist)">Gallagher Group</a> demanding they turn over their PR and lobbying records," reported <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i>. "The Saudi Embassy claims those documents are protected under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations as 'archives and documents of the mission.'" Committee head Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dan_Burton" title="Dan Burton" class="mw-redirect">Dan Burton</a> (R-Ind.) rejected that argument, noting that the Vienna Convention is "intended to protect foreign diplomats but has no application to American citizens 'who choose to sell their services as public relations/lobbying mouthpieces for foreign interests'."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a>

<p><b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> has lobbied on behalf of the dietary supplement company <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Metabolife_International&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metabolife International (page does not exist)">Metabolife International</a>. According to <i>Associated Press</i>, "<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> earned millions helping project reassurances to Congress and its customers that Metabolife products were safe. <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> attorneys helped prepare carefully worded responses to regulators. Between 2001 and this year, Metabolife paid <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> $1.8 million to lobby Congress."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-6" title="">[7]</a></p>

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<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>' work for Metabolife has resulted in legal scrutiny: "One former and four current <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> attorneys were subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in San Diego, court documents say. Prosecutors allege company founder <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Ellis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Ellis (page does not exist)">Michael Ellis</a> lied about Metabolife's safety record in a 1998 letter to the U.S. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration" class="mw-redirect">Food and Drug Administration</a>, which documents say <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> attorneys helped draft. ... In mid 2002, <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> lobbyist <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lanny_Davis" title="Lanny Davis">Lanny Davis</a> wrote a senator whose subcommittee was investigating Metabolife that the company had received only 78 'unproven, anecdotal allegations' of strokes, heart attacks, seizures and deaths." Company documents released just one week later revealed that the number of health complaints actually numbered in the thousands.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-7" title="">[8]</a></p>

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In April 2002, members of congress objected to a video prepared by <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> promoting exploration for oil and gas in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</a>, hosted on the U.S. Interior Department's web site. The Department's distribution of the video was in apparent violation of a law forbidding federal agencies to engage in PR activities "designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress." The Department is becoming "a cinema house for lobbyists," says Massachusetts Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Edward_Markey" title="Edward Markey" class="mw-redirect">Edward Markey</a>. "The Interior Department should not be spreading oil company propaganda any more than the Department of Energy should be promoting <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Enron" title="Enron" class="mw-redirect">Enron</a> stock," he said. "It's not their job."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-8" title="">[9]</a>

<h2>Personnel</h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tommy_Boggs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tommy Boggs (page does not exist)">Tommy <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b></a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Breaux" title="John Breaux">John Breaux</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_Cowan" title="Mark Cowan">Mark Cowan</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Benjamin_Ginsberg" title="Benjamin Ginsberg">Benjamin Ginsberg</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Frank_Wisner" title="Frank Wisner">Frank Wisner</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-9" title="">[10]</a></li>

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<h2>Past and present clients</h2>

<p><b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>' more than 170 registered lobbyist employees serve a long and diverse list of clients. Some of its past and present clients include: (cited source applies to all preceding unmarked clients)</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-10" title="">[11]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cameroon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cameroon (page does not exist)">Cameroon</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-11" title="">[12]</a> (Sub re'd)</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Campaign_for_a_U.S.-Afghanistan_Partnership" title="Campaign for a U.S. - Afghanistan Partnership">Campaign for a U.S. - Afghanistan Partnership</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Costa_Rica" title="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-12" title="">[13]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-13" title="">[14]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=India" title="India">India</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-India-1" title="">[2]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-14" title="">[15]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Metabolife_International&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metabolife International (page does not exist)">Metabolife International</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-15" title="">[16]</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philippines" title="Philippines" class="mw-redirect">Philippines</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Venezuela" title="Venezuela" class="mw-redirect">Venezuela</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Abbott_Laboratories" title="Abbott Laboratories">Abbott Laboratories</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Boston_Scientific_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boston Scientific Corporation (page does not exist)">Boston Scientific Corporation</a></li>

<li>HCR-Manor Care, Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Omnicare, Inc. on Medicare/ Medicaid;</li>

<li>Arvesta Corporation, The Climate Council, National Grid USA, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_Technologies_Corporation" title="United Technologies Corporation">United Technologies Corporation</a> and W. R. Grace & Company on the Superfund program;</li>

<li>Arrow Electronics, CH2M Hill, DTE Energy, FirstEnergy Corporation and Los Angeles, California's Department of Water and Power on nuclear energy;</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_G._Komen_Breast_Cancer_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation (page does not exist)">Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Open_Society_Institute" title="Open Society Institute">Open Society Institute</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wal-Mart" title="Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect">Wal-Mart</a> Stores, Inc.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_note-16" title="">[17]</a></li>

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<h2>Contact info</h2>

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<dd><b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>, LLP</dd>

<dd>2550 M Street NW</dd>

<dd>Washington, DC 20037-1350</dd>

<dd>Phone: 202-457-6000</dd>

<dd>Email: info AT pattonboggs.com</dd>

<dd>Website: <a href="http://www.pattonboggs.com" class="external text" title="http://www.pattonboggs.com" rel="nofollow">www.pattonboggs.com</a></dd>

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<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>Related <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">SourceWatch</b> articles</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Antitrust_Modernization_Commission" title="Antitrust Modernization Commission">Antitrust Modernization Commission</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CAFTA" title="CAFTA" class="mw-redirect">CAFTA</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lobbying_firms" title="Lobbying firms">Lobbying firms</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NAFTA" title="NAFTA">NAFTA</a></li>

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<h3>References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-India-1">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_ref-India_1-0" title="">2.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_ref-India_1-1" title="">2.1</a> "<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1015boggs_india.html" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1015boggs_india.html" rel="nofollow">PB Inks India Pact</a>," <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> (sub req'd), October 15, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_ref-9" title="">↑</a> Robert Fisk, <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-envoys-business-link-to-egypt-2206329.html" class="external text" title="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-envoys-business-link-to-egypt-2206329.html" rel="nofollow">US envoy's business link to Egypt</a>, Independent, 7 February 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patton_Boggs#cite_ref-12" title="">↑</a> Robert Fisk, op. cit.</li>

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<h3>External resources</h3>

<h3>External articles</h3>

<ul>

<li>Seth Hettena, "<a href="http://www.saturdaygazettemail.com/section/APNews/News/ap0490n" class="external text" title="http://www.saturdaygazettemail.com/section/APNews/News/ap0490n" rel="nofollow">Washington lobbying firm drawn into probe of Metabolife</a>," <i>Associated Press</i>, October 16, 2004.</li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1015pb_kuwait.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1015pb_kuwait.htm" rel="nofollow">PB Pushes for Kuwait</a>," <i>O'Dwyer's PR Daily</i> (sub. req'd.), October 15, 2004.</li>

<li>Julie Gozan, <a href="http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1993/04/mm0493_05.html" class="external text" title="http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1993/04/mm0493_05.html" rel="nofollow">"The Torturers' Lobby"</a>, <i>Multinational Monitor</i>, April 1993.</li>

<li>The Center for Public Integrity, <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=com&orgid=2846&comid=479r" class="external text" title="http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=com&orgid=2846&comid=479r" rel="nofollow">"Expenditures to individuals and organizations affiliated with <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> from Republican Governors Association"</a>, 2003.</li>

<li>Tim Mazzucca, <a href="http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/09/01/newscolumn1.html" class="external text" title="http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2003/09/01/newscolumn1.html" rel="nofollow">"<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> picks unlikely spot for international debut"</a>, <i>Washington Business Journal</i>, August 29, 2003.</li>

<li>The Center for Responsive Politics, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/lobby00/toplobby02.asp" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/pubs/lobby00/toplobby02.asp" rel="nofollow">"<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> LLP"</a>, 1999-2000 election cycle contributions.</li>

<li>Felice Wagner, <a href="http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000232987.cfm" class="external text" title="http://www.imakenews.com/sugarcrestreport/e_article000232987.cfm" rel="nofollow">"<b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b>' Rain Man: An Interview with Mark Cowan"</a>, March 16, 2004.</li>

<li>“<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0825cameroon.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0825cameroon.htm" rel="nofollow">Cameroon picks <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b></a>”, <i>O’Dwyers PR Daily</i>, August 25, 2004.</li>

<li><a href="http://schema-root.org/commerce/corporation/legal/patton_boggs/" class="external text" title="http://schema-root.org/commerce/corporation/legal/patton_boggs/" rel="nofollow">Schema-root.org:</a> current news feed for <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b></li>

<li>"<a href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0619india_nuclear.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0619india_nuclear.htm" rel="nofollow"><b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Patton</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Boggs</b> Backs Nukes For India</a>", <i>O'Dwyers PR Daily</i>, June 19, 2006. (Sub req'd).</li>

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