By Kevin McCauley
Gray Loeffler, the firm of former Reps. Bill Gray (D-Pa.) and Tom Loeffler (R-Tex.), are promoting the effort of a non-profit bankrolled by Kuwait's ruling family to "increase awareness and promote peace to those influenced by extremist groups."
The job is to assist Levant Suez Consulting Corp on behalf of the Fahad Al Salem Center for Dialogue Among Civilizations and Defense of Liberty," which was formed in the aftermath of the liberation of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.
The Center's website says its mission is to "combat ignorance, which is a major threat to peace, by building cultural bridges to strategically overturn constant brainwashing of populations orchestrated by extremists through promoting citizen journalism and constructive messages in different media."
GL's fee is $450K for working Congress, Obama Administration officials and the U.S. media, according to its federal filing.
Missouri City, Tex.-based Levant is headed by Thomas Coleman, who has done extensive business in northern Africa and the middle East.
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