In the first quarter of 2010, Blackwater has spent more than $500,000 for the services of Stuart Eizenstat, a well-connected Democratic lobbyist who served in the Clinton and Carter Administrations. Blackwater's expenditures on Eizenstat's services in early 2010--$530,000-- represent the single greatest sum spent on lobbying by Blackwater in any quarter since the company's founding in 1997-98. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.