Podesta Group has signed a three-month pact with Kenya to strengthen its ties with the US government, media, non-governmental organizations and targeted institutions involved in the policy community.
The PA firm receives a $30K retainer through May 2. If neither party terminated the contract, it will automatically renew at the same rate for an additional year.
The outreach effort is on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Re-authorization of the African Growth & Opportunity Act is among MFIT's priorities. Signed into law by Bill Clinton in 2000, AGOA expires in September.
US Trade Representative Michael Froman has called AGOA the cornerstone of the US/African commercial relationship, added that President Obama supports a "seamless" extension of the measure.
Podesta reports to Kenya's Ambassador to the US, Robinson Githae.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
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