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Rolls-Royce North America has enlisted Ballard Partners for an education campaign on Capitol Hill to communicate the strategic importance of its defense capabilities to the US.
Jeff Miller, a former Florida Republican Congressman and chair of Ballard’s veterans practice group, is part of the outreach effort.
London-based R-R in April delivered its first AE 3007N engine to Boeing for the MQ-25 program, the US Navy’s first aircraft carrier-based unmanned air vehicle to be used for refueling, intelligence and surveillance.
R-R also will manufacture and assemble F-130 engines for the Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber in Indianapolis, its largest US production facility.
CEO Brian Ballard; managing partner Dan McFaul, former aide to Reps. Joe Scarborough and Matt Gaetz; and partner Hunter Morgen, a veteran of the Trump I White House, round out the R-R team.
BGR Government Relations has picked up Circle Internet Group, the leader in stablecoins, for strategic counsel and advocacy issues related to cryptocurrency and financial services.
Solvay North America, which is part of the Brussels-based speciality chemicals giant, has retained DGA Group for work connected to tariffs.
The New York Times has signed on Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for DC support on media publishing, artificial intelligence and intellectual property matters. 
The New York Stock Exchange Group has hired Ballard Partners for government affairs advice and guidance on issues related to trading and the capital markets.
Former Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader is lobbying the White House and Congress to support a global ban on the consumption of dogs and cats.
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