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[[Image:Randy Scheunemann.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Scheunemann (at right) with [[Stephen Payne]] (left) and [[Ahmed Chalabi]] (center).]]
'''Randy Scheunemann''' is considered to be a was the President of the [[Committee for the Liberation of Iraq]], which was created by the [[neo-conservativeProject for the New American Century]](PNAC), of which he is a board member. He was [[Trent Lott]]'s National Security Aide and was an advisor to U.S. Defense Secretary [[Donald H. Rumsfeld]] on [[Iraq]].He is [[2008 U.S. presidential campaign|2008 Presidential candidate]] [[John McCain]]'s foreign-policy aide.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1999819,00.html | title = 'The myth of McCain' | author = [[Sidney Blumenthal|Blumenthal, Sidney]] | date = [[2007-01-27]]|publisher = [[The Guardian]] | accessdate = 2007-01-27 }}</ref>
Scheunemann is president of has been criticized for his close association with [[Ahmad Chalabi]] during the [[Committee George W. Bush]] administration's campaign to generate public support for the Liberation [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web| last = Marshall| first = Josh| authorlink = Josh Marshall| title = Do Your Job: Stop Ignoring Scheunemann's Past| publisher = [[Talking Points Memo]]| date = July 14, 2008| url = http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203960.php | accessdate = 2008-07-17}}</ref> In mid-July 2008, which was created by the Sunday ''Times of London'' linked Scheunemann to [[Stephen Payne|Stephen Payne]], a lobbyist covertly filmed as he offered to arrange meetings with Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], Secretary of State [[Project Condoleezza Rice]], and others, in exchange for donations to the New American Century[[George W. Bush presidential library]] (PNAC).Payne said Scheunemann had been "working with me on my payroll for five of the last eight years".<ref>Daniel Foggo and Steven Swinford, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4364429.ece "President Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne in ‘bribes’ row quits: Cash for access at the White House is under scrutiny by Congress"], ''Sunday Times'', July 20, 2008</ref>
==Bio==
"From 1986-1993, Mr. Scheunemann served on the staffs of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]], the [[House Foreign Affairs Committee]], and the [[House Republican Policy Committee]]. Mr. Scheunemann has authored articles for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and other national publications. He has served as guest lecturer on foreign policy and security issues for the [[Foreign Service Institute]], the [[National Defense University]], the [[Defense Trade Advisory Group]], the Republican National Committee's Team 100, the [[Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis]], [[American University]] and the [[U.S. Information Agency]]. Mr. Scheunemann serves on the Board of Directors of the [[U.S. Committee on NATO]], as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as Treasurer of The [[Project on Transitional Democracies]]."<ref name="PTD bio"/>
==See also==
* [[John McCain/relations with lobbyists]]
===SourcesReferences===
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==External links==
*[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1347.html "Randy Scheuneman"] - profile on RightWeb
*Josh Marshall, "[http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203960.php Do Your Job: Stop Ignoring Scheunemann's Past]," Talking Points Memo, July 14, 2008.
*"[http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1347.html Randy Scheunemann]] profile, RightWeb (accessed July 25, 2008).
*Lindsay Beyerstein, "[http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/07/worldwide-strat.html Worldwide Strategic Energy Pre-Prospectus]," ''Majikthise'' weblog, July 22, 2008.
*Matthew Yglesias, "[http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/more_scheunemann.php More Scheunemann]," TheAtlantic.com, July 20, 2008.
*[http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,567052,00.html "Obama's Trip Is a Campaign Prop"] - interview with Scheuneman, July 21, 2008.
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