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It's not just union-busting, it's foreign policy, too!
Of course, hiring Clintonites to do the Plan Colombia lobbying is natural since it was a Clinton Administration initiative in the first plan. It's also been a disastrous failure. It would be nice for a new Democratic administration to revisit things, but it looks clear that Hillary Clinton won't be the person to do that.
According to Justice Department filings, Colombia agreed this month to pay $300,000 to public relations firm Burson-Marsteller - whose president, Mark Penn, is a senior advisor to Sen. Clinton - to help "educate members of the U.S. Congress and other audiences" about the trade deal and secure continued U.S. funding for the $5 billion anti-narcotics program Plan Colombia.
The filings also show that last month Uribe’s government put The Glover Park Group, a Washington D.C.-based lobbying firm that includes former Clinton spokesman Joe Lockhart, on a $40,000 a month retainer.
Of course, hiring Clintonites to do the Plan Colombia lobbying is natural since it was a Clinton Administration initiative in the first plan. It's also been a disastrous failure. It would be nice for a new Democratic administration to revisit things, but it looks clear that Hillary Clinton won't be the person to do that.
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