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<table width="40%" bgcolor="eeeedd" border=1 rules=all cellpadding=5 align=right>
<tr bgcolor="cccccc"><th colspan=2>ASSOCIATED ENTITIES </th></tr>
<tr><td width=50%>[[Paul J . Manafort, Jr.]] </td><td width=50%>[[Charles R. Black, Jr.]] </td></tr><tr><td width=50%>[[Roger J. Stone, Jr.]] </td><td width=50%>[[Peter G. Kelly]] </td></tr><tr><td width=50%>[[Lee Atwater]] (unnamed partner) </td><td width=50%>[[Gold & Liebengood]]</td></tr><tr><td width=50%>[[Prime Policy Group]] </td><td width=50%>[[Burson-Marsteller]] </td></tr>
<tr><td width=50%>[[BKSH & Associates]] </td><td width=50%>[[Timmons and Company]] </td></tr>
<tr><td width=50%>[[Prime Policy GroupCenter for Democracy]] </td><td width=50%>[[Charles BlackCenter on Regulation and Economic Growth]] </td></tr>
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==Overview==
Back in the 1980s, the firm helped elect such powerful Republican politicians as Senators [[Phil Gramm]] of Texas and [[Jesse Helms]] of North Carolina.<ref>Alessandra Stanley and Evan Thomas, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960803,00.html The Slickest Shop in Town]", ''Time'', March 3, 1986.</ref>
[[MoveOn]] said that the firm's [[Charles R. Black, Jr.|Charlie Black]] who worked as chief adivser adviser to [[John McCain]], "worked for some of the world's worst dictators—mass murderers, terrorists, and tyrants."<ref>"[http://pol.moveon.org/charlieblack/video.html McCain: Fire Charlie Black], MoveOn.org', accessed December 2010.</ref>
[[Harper's Magazine]] reported that clients in the 1980s included Mobuto Sese Seko of Zaire, "one of the most kleptocratic rulers of all time, Ferdinand Marcos of the [[Philippines]], also known for stealing a few billion dollars, and the murderous [[Angola]]n rebels known as UNITA."
==People==
*[[Charles R. Black, Jr.]], Principal. Worked for the presidential campaign of Senator [[John McCain]]
*[[Paul J. Manafort, Jr.]], Principal. In 1981, appointed by President Reagan to the Board of Directors of the [[Overseas Private Investment Corporation]]
*[[Roger J. Stone, Jr.|Roger J. Stone]], Principal. Dirty-tricks operative who specializes in opposition research for the [[Republican National Committee]]
*[[Peter G. Kelly]], Principal
