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=<a href="https://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html">https://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html</a>toxic sludge=10K$ thru front; cit free kuwait11 million from gov't of kuwait
member of royal family, emir [kuwait ambassador] in room during testimony, Lantos knew, did not tell john conyers)2nd front book1 yr later 60 min<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JfqkEXdAg" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JfqkEXdAg</a><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfVs3WaE9Y" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfVs3WaE9Y</a></div>=Lauri Fitz-Pegado is a partner at The Livingston Group. Appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Fitz-Pegado served in the Department of Commerce, under the late Secretary Ronald H. Brown and Secretaries Mickey Kantor and William Daley, as the assistant secretary and director general of the US and Foreign Commercial Service. She served on the Obama for President campaign's foreign policy experts teams for Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa and was director for public liaison of the first Clinton-Gore inauguration and advisor on international issues to Democratic National Committee chairman Ronald H. Brown. In 1997 she joined Iridium L.L.C., the world's first global satellite and paging company, where she was vice president for global gateway management and vice president for corporate affairs and communications. A former foreign service officer who served in the Dominican Republic and Mexico, Ms. Fitz-Pegado also provided domestic and international clients strategic communications counsel, public relations, and government relations services at Gray and Company and Hill and Knowlton.

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Lauri J. Fitz-Pegado is a partner at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Livingston_Group" title="The Livingston Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Livingston Group</a>, a lobbying and public relations firm founded by former Congressman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Livingston" title="Robert Livingston" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Robert Livingston</a>. Fitz-Pegado is best known for her role in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hill_%26_Knowlton" title="Hill & Knowlton" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Hill & Knowlton</a> PR firm's deceptive PR campaign under the name <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_a_Free_Kuwait" title="Citizens for a Free Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Citizens for a Free Kuwait</a> to promote <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Operation_Desert_Storm" title="Operation Desert Storm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Operation Desert Storm</a>on behalf of the government of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kuwait" title="Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kuwait</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_note-Lbio-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Recent_work" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1 Recent work</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Citizens_for_a_Free_Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Citizens for a Free Kuwait</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Background" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Background</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Contact information</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5 Articles and resources</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">5.4 External articles</a></li>

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In 2008, Fitz-Pegado was part of Livingston's team for the non-profit <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran" title="Council for a Democratic Iran" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Council for a Democratic Iran</a>, which paid the firm $300,000 in the third quarter of 2008 alone.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

In the fall of 2003, Fitz-Pegado helped promote Livingston Group colleague <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mohammed_Odeh_al-Rehaief" title="Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief</a>'s book Because Each Life Is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Came to Risk Everything for Pvt. Jessica Lynch.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/17/1530239" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" background-position="background-position" xmlns:data="data">[1]</a> According to some reports, al-Rehaief told U.S. Marines the location of the captured Pfc. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jessica_Lynch" title="Jessica Lynch" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Jessica Lynch</a>.

According to her Livingston Group bio, Fitz-Pegado's clients include the "Governments of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Egypt" title="Egypt" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Egypt</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republic_of_Congo" title="Republic of Congo" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Republic of Congo</a>; <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SASOL&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SASOL (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">SASOL</a>, the world’s largest synthetic fuels company based in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/South_Africa" title="South Africa" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">South Africa</a>; the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bank_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Bank of the Netherlands Antilles</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Apex_Mining&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Apex Mining (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Apex Mining</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Case_Western_Reserve_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Case Western Reserve University (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Case Western Reserve University</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_State_Universities_and_Land-Grant_Colleges&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges</a> (NASULGC), and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Investment_Company_Institute" title="Investment Company Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Investment Company Institute</a>." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_note-Lbio-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Trustee, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CHF_International" title="CHF International" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">CHF International</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></li>

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A graduate of Vassar College and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Paul_H.Nitze_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies(SAIS)at_Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University</a>, Fitz-Pegado worked as a Foreign Service Officer with the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Information_Agency" title="U.S. Information Agency" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">U.S. Information Agency</a>. In 1982, she went to work for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gray_and_Co.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gray and Co. (page does not exist)" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Gray and Co.</a>, a PR firm owned by prominent Republican PR executive<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Keith_Gray" title="Robert Keith Gray" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Robert Keith Gray</a>. After Gray and Co. was sold to the Hill and Knowlton PR firm in 1986, Fitz-Pegado became a vice president at H&K. Following the invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990, the Kuwaiti government-in-exile hired Hill & Knowlton to lead a PR campaign in support of military action by the United States aimed at recapturing the country. H&K established <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_a_Free_Kuwait" title="Citizens for a Free Kuwait" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Citizens for a Free Kuwait</a>, a front group for the government-in-exile. Over the next six months, the Kuwaiti government channeled $11.9 million dollars to Citizens for a Free Kuwait, whose only other funding totalled $17,861 from 78 individuals. Virtually all of CFK's budget - $10.8 million - went to Hill & Knowlton in the form of fees.

John MacArthur, the author of Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War, describes some of the activities of this PR campaign: "The H&K team, headed by former U.S. Information Agency officer Lauri J. Fitz-Pegado, organized a Kuwait Information Day on 20 college campuses on September 12. On Sunday, September 23, churches nationwide observed a national day of prayer for Kuwait. The next day, 13 state governors declared a national Free Kuwait Day. H&K distributed tens of thousands of Free Kuwait bumper stickers and T-shirts, as well as thousands of media kits extolling the alleged virtues of Kuwaiti society and history. Fitz-Pegado's crack press agents put together media events featuring Kuwaiti '<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Resistance_fighter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resistance fighter (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">resistance fighters</a>' and businessmen and arranged meetings with newspaper editorial boards. H&K's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lew_Allison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lew Allison (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Lew Allison</a>, a former CBS and NBC News producer, created 24 video news releases from the Middle East, some of which purported to depict life in Kuwait under the Iraqi boot. The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wirthlin_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wirthlin Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Wirthlin Group</a> was engaged by H&K to study TV audience reaction to statements on the Gulf crisis by President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">George W. Bush</a> and Kuwaiti officials."

The most notorious event in the PR campaign occurred when a 15-year-old girl named Nayirah gave testimony before an unofficial group of congressmen called the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congressional_Human_Rights_Caucus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Congressional Human Rights Caucus (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Congressional Human Rights Caucus</a>, claiming that Iraqi troops had murdered scores of premature infants in Kuwait hospitals by removing them from incubators and leaving them to die on the cold hospital floor. At the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm, journalists and human rights investigators interviewed medical staff in Kuwaiti hospitals and concluded that this testimony was false.

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Following the Bush Administration's electoral loss to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Bill Clinton</a> in 1992, Fitz-Pegado became Director for Public Liaison for the Clinton/Gore Presidential Inaugural Committee and then became an advisor on international issues to Ron Brown, Clinton's commerce secretary, followed by a stint as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the US and Foreign Commercial Service at the Department of Commerce.

Upon leaving her government post in 1997, Fitz-Pegado became a vice president at Iridium LLC, a satellite phone company that went bankrupt a few years later. She then started her own consulting/PR firm, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fitz-Pegado_International&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fitz-Pegado International (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Fitz-Pegado International</a>, with clients including the government of Egypt, the Pan African New Agency Press and the American Business Women's Alliance. During this time, Fitz-Pegado worked in partnership with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DCI_Group" title="DCI Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">DCI Group</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Livingston_Moffett_Global_Consulting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Livingston Moffett Global Consulting (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Livingston Moffett Global Consulting</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=PA_Consulting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PA Consulting (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">PA Consulting</a>, The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Horizon_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Horizon Group (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Horizon Group</a>, and Hill & Knowlton. She joined the high-powered Washington lobby firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Livingston_Group" title="The Livingston Group" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Livingston Group</a> as a principal of the Livingston Moffett International Group Practice in May 2003. She also is responsible for the Livingston Group's external communication and media relations. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.livingstongroupdc.com/corporateoverview/team/fitzpegado.html" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" xmlns:data="data">[2]</a> According to Washington Representatives, Fitz-Pegado represented Tefen Yazamot, L.T.D. of Israel Israeli firm.

Fitz-Pegado is a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. She serves as a board member or an advisory board member for the National Education Association Foundation for the Improvement of Education, Constituency for Africa, The Women's Foreign Policy Group, the United Negro College Fund's Institute for International Public Policy, The Ronald H. Brown Foundation and the American and African Business Women's Alliance. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.livingstongroupdc.com/corporateoverview/team/fitzpegado.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">[3]</a>

Fitz-Pegado is also available as a public speaker on international trade and development through Podium Prose<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.podiumprose.com/speakers_topics.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">[4]</a>, a speakers' bureau with ties to<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Monsanto</a><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/media/01/02-22-01b.asp" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">[5]</a> and the libertarian <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Cato Institute</a>.

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The Livingston Group, LLC

499 S. Capitol St. SW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20003

Phone: 202-289-9881

Fax: 202-289-9877

Email: lfitzp@livingstongroupdc.com

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<h3 style="font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; background-image: none;">Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_a_Free_Kuwait" title="Citizens for a Free Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Citizens for a Free Kuwait</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran" title="Council for a Democratic Iran" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Council for a Democratic Iran</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hill_%26_Knowlton" title="Hill & Knowlton" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Hill & Knowlton</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Livingston_Group" title="The Livingston Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Livingston Group</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-Lbio-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_ref-Lbio_0-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_ref-Lbio_0-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.1</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.livingstongroupdc.com/corporateoverview/team/fitzpegado.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Team bios: Lauri Fitz-Pegado</a>," The Livingston Group, accessed October 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1022iran_livingston.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Iranian Exile Group Pays $$$ to Livingston</a>," O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), October 22, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chfinternational.org/chfleadership" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Trustees</a>, CHF International, accessed December 19, 2010.</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/02/1540237" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">A Debate on One of the Most Frequently Cited Justifications for the 1991 Persian Gulf War: Did PR Firm Hill & Knowlton Invent the Story of Iraqi Soldiers Pulling Kuwaiti Babies From Incubators?</a>," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Democracy_now" title="Democracy now" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Democracy Now!</a>, December 2, 2003.</li>

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The Council for a Democratic Iran (CDI) is a U.S.-based organization that "seeks to raise global awareness about the absence of democracy and human rights in Iran." Its website states, "We believe there is an alternative between military confrontation with the current regime and accommodation. There is another way which will lead to the development of the free and peaceful Iran sought by millions of Iranians inside and outside of the country, and that is by enabling the Iranian people to decide their own future." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#Lobbying_and_public_relations" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1 Lobbying and public relations</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#Personnel" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">2 Personnel</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">3 Contact information</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#Articles_and_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4 Articles and resources</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#Related_SourceWatch_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#References" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.2 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#External_resources" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#External_articles" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">4.4 External articles</a></li>

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<p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 19.2px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the third quarter of 2008, CDI spent $300,000 on the lobbying and PR firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_Livingston_Group" title="The Livingston Group" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">The Livingston Group</a>. Its Livingston Group lobbyists include former Congressman<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Livingston" title="Robert Livingston" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Robert Livingston</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado" title="Lauri Fitz-Pegado" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Lauri Fitz-Pegado</a>. Fitz-Pegado previously worked at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hill_%26_Knowlton" title="Hill & Knowlton" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Hill & Knowlton</a>, where she helped promote the first Gulf War for the government of<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kuwait" title="Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Kuwait</a>, using the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Front_group" title="Front group" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">front group</a> "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizens_for_a_Free_Kuwait" title="Citizens for a Free Kuwait" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Citizens for a Free Kuwait</a>." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a>

According to Lobbyists.info, CDI's other Livingston lobbyists are <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steven_L.Kreseski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven L. Kreseski (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Steven L. Kreseski</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J.Allen_Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. Allen Martin (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">J. Allen Martin</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_L._Rodgers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard L. Rodgers (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Richard L. Rodgers</a>. Until October 2008, CDI previously retained the firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cyber_Security_Research_Consultants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyber Security Research Consultants (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Cyber Security Research Consultants</a>, whose <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Geoff_Gleason&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoff Gleason (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Geoff Gleason</a> lobbied on behalf of CDI. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Behrooz_Behbudi" title="Behrooz Behbudi" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Behrooz Behbudi</a>, Founder</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Amir_Abbas_Fakhravar" title="Amir Abbas Fakhravar" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Amir Abbas Fakhravar</a>, Director of International Affairs</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sean_Woo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sean Woo (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Sean Woo</a>, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Amir_Abbas_Fakhravar" title="Amir Abbas Fakhravar" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Amir Abbas Fakhravar</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Behrooz_Behbudi" title="Behrooz Behbudi" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Behrooz Behbudi</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_Livingston" title="Robert Livingston" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Robert Livingston</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lauri_Fitz-Pegado" title="Lauri Fitz-Pegado" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Lauri Fitz-Pegado</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_ref-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://futurefreeiran.com/about.htm" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About CDI</a>," Council for a Democratic Iran, accessed October 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/1022iran_livingston.html" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">Iranian Exile Group Pays $$$ to Livingston</a>," O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), October 22, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lobbyists.info/detail.cfm?organization_id=38361&page=1&RequestTimeout=1500" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">The Council for a Democratic Iran</a>," Lobbyists.info (sub req'd), accessed October 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_for_a_Democratic_Iran#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://futurefreeiran.com/ss7/index.php" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaagxrfwhrtb2z0d2fyzqbbzg9izsbjbwfnzvjlywr5ccllpaaaafzjrefuef59z4ejadeiq1f36k7u5e7zkxeuqpacj3wk7unokvxvk9khnqh7by9hbdydhnxgjprlqflo4m2ggfyjhhjq8v4agfrgpqx3jtjqgbofmchga="AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA" nakks="nAKks" jajfaaaaaelftksuqmcc="JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" xmlns:data="data">About CDI: Leadership</a>," Council for a Democratic Iran, accessed October 2008.</li>

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