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The Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy has retained DGSR LLC to promote its goal of pursuing a “realistic and restrained foreign policy.”
Washington-based DGSR is the home of William Dolbow, a top aide to former Majority Leader Eric Cantor and legislative director to Cantor’s predecessor Tom Bliley.
The Committee wants Congress to retain its Article I authority of the Constitution, giving it the exclusive power to declare war.
It maintains that Congress often takes “a backseat in directing military action, acquiescing to the President.”
The group points to the US participation in Saudi Arabia’s brutal campaign in Yemen as an unconstitutional war.
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, President Obama sent troops in 2015 to support the Saudi effort to defeat an uprising by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Foreign Policy magazine though saw the US intervention as Obama’s way to curry favor with Saudi Arabia. The Shiite Houthis have no connection to the Sunni extremists of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State.
The Committee backs legislation introduced by Democrats Ro Khanna (CA), Mark Pocan (WI) and Republicans Walter Jones (NC) and Thomas Massie (KY) to remove US forces from Yemen within 30 days unless Congress declares war.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
Ballard Partners has signed on gunmaker Sturm, Ruger & Co to advocate on behalf of Second Amendment issues.
Sakura Conservation Strategies has registered Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium as a client.
Sachs Media has signed on to represent the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund to advocate for public policies proven to reduce tobacco use, which is the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths in the US and the rest of the world.
