Global Strategic Alliance, a Wellington, FL-based non-profit ministry focused on the global refugee crisis, has hired lobbying firm J.M. Burkman Associates for help with refugee issues on Capitol Hill.
The faith-based organization bills itself as “a voice advancing Judeo-Christian values, addressing concerns and advocating for the marginalized,” and seeks to provide a platform that will “bring together the global networks of Christians and Jewish believers worldwide.”
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GSA co-sponsored H.R. 1568, otherwise known as “Protecting Religious Minorities Persecuted by ISIS Act of 2015,” which would have directed the Secretary of State to establish refugee processing mechanisms in countries such as Iraq and Syria for those who or may be persecuted by ISIS or a similar terrorist group. The non-profit has also worked with global and domestic immigration services for the establishment of safe havens to aid asylum-seeking refugees.
The GSA account will be managed by J.M. Burkman founder and president Jack Burkman, a former Fox News political analyst who previously served as legislative council to Rep. Rick Lazio (R-NY); and Ralph Palmieri, a former staff VP of Lockheed Martin Information Systems and COO at Lockheed subsidiary Sytex Group.
Burkman also hosts a national radio talk show on Radio America titled “Behind the Curtain.”
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
