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Qatar has hired Empire Consulting Group, a firm with close ties to the Democratic party, to a $40K a month contract to keep tabs on developments in DC.
The contract kicked off on March 15 and runs through Jan. 2023.
Empire Consulting managing partner Mike McKay, who was a top aide to House Foreign Affairs Committee chief Greg Meeks (D-NY), signed the agreement with Brigadier General Mohamed Abdulaziz, security attache at the embassy.
He’s assisted by Eulice Brandon Garrett, who was an aide to former Ohio Congresswoman and current Housing & Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge.
Empire in January inked Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office in the US to a six-month $90K contract to analyze political developments and US policy moves that could impact US ties with Taiwan.
Impact Management Group, which is headed by Republican operative Terry Benham, works to build US support for Ukraine.
Rational 360 has ironed out its six-month $1.2M contract with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to position it as a “sophisticated global investment fund.”
APCO has signed on to promote this month’s visit of Ahmed Al Khateeb, head of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism, to the US.
The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Tourism has signed on Montieth & Co. for strategic communications and media relations duties as chaos grips neighboring Haiti.
Edelman is negotiating a formal contract with the Bahamas for strategic communications on issues impacting its reputation abroad.
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