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12/28/07 (London)
Benazir Bhutto Tribute
"My colleagues and I are stunned and saddened by the brutal murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan.  The world is a poorer place at her passing. "

For the past several years, members of the Scribe team in Washington and in London have provided advice and counsel to Mrs. Bhutto and her associates in the Pakistan People's Party.  Most of this advice has been in regard to political issues.  I personally met with Mrs. Bhutto on several occasions in Washington, London, and Dubai.  Our relationship was cordial and Mrs. Bhutto was always gracious, kind, and intellectually engaged during our conversations.

In recent days, in a new partnership with Aristotle International, Inc., Scribe designed and deployed a web site for use by the Pakistan People's Party for political fundraising outside of Pakistan.  The web site was launched, unfortunately, barely 24 hours before Mrs. Bhutto's assassination, so its future is uncertain.  It does remain active until further notice, and may be used as a portal to send messages of sympathy to Mrs. Bhutto’s political associates.

"BiBi was more than a client.  She was a friend and she will be impossible to forget.  We wish to convey our sincere condolences to her family, her colleagues, and the people of Pakistan."

-- Joseph J. Szlavik, Jr., President of Scribe Strategies & Advisors (U.S.)

12/28/07
Farah Stockman - 'US Efforts for Stability in Key Ally are Shaken'
WASHINGTON - The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the feisty, Harvard-educated leader of Pakistan's largest opposition party threatens to destroy US plans for a gradual transition to democracy from an increasingly unpopular government dominated by the military. For more than a year, US officials have pushed for elections in Pakistan to restore legitimacy to the government of General Pervez Musharraf, a military ruler and key ally in the war on terror who appears to be losing his grip on the country.  ( click here to read full article)

06/21/07
James Morrison - 'Strong alliance'
The South Korean ambassador is delighted that Congress recognized the "strong alliance" between his country and the United States, even if a resolution recognizing the relationship came more than 50 years after the end of the Korean War. (click here to read full article)

05/14/07
United States Sports Academy:  Academy Update (click here for content)

03/12/07
Andrew Koch, Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security, reported in Jane's Defence Weekly on the development of the new Reliable Replacement Warhead-1 (RRW-1) to replace older US submarine nuclear warheads. Mr. Koch writes that the development of the RRW-1 marks a major shift in both National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Defense strategy toward using RRWs for future weapons rather than extending the ives of older weapons. Access "Livermore wins warhead design contest."

02/19/07
Scribe Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security Andrew Koch was interviewed for a BBC World Service documentary, "Nuclear Detectives." Mr. Koch commented on Iran's early efforts to produce fissile material and their attempts to hide their exploits from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Click here to listen to the interview.

01/24/07
Andrew Koch, Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security, and Dina Schorr, Defense & Homeland Security Associate, published an analysis of Merger & Acquisition trends in the defense and aerospace industries in Jane's Defence Weekly entitled, "US Mergers Still Hot on the Agenda."

08/29/06
The continuing decline of Zimbabwe, where inflation is running at about 1,000 percent and unemployment as high as 80 percent a year because of the misrule of President Robert Mugabe, is a story that has grown all too familiar, except that now a respected international think tank fears the country could spark a "violent explosion" that would destabilize southern Africa. (click here to read full article)

06/15/2006
Andrew Koch, Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security, was quoted in the Times Online, "Nuclear Scientist is off-limits, Pakistan tells US." Mr. Koch explained how A. Q. Khan used a British middleman to transport key centrifuge components across international borders.

05/25/2006
Andrew Koch, Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security, testified before the House International Relations Committee, "The A.Q. Khan Network: Case Closed?" Mr. Koch's testimony centered around evidence of the continued existence of Khan's nuclear proliferation network two years after the network's operations were believed to have ceased.

04/05/2006
Andrew Koch, Senior VP for Defense & Homeland Security, was quoted by Agence France Presse about Iran's ability to disrupt shipping through the Straits of Hormuz using its newly purchased sophisticated weaponry enabled by the influx of petro dollars to the country. To read "Iran raises spectre of damage to world’s oil shipping," click here.

04/04/06
The Indian Ocean Newsletter (click here for content)

01/18/2006
Thomas Kim, then Senior Vice President and Chair of Scribe's Asia Practice, was mentioned in The Korea Times, "Korean Embassy Hires US Lobby Firm."

07/31/05
Washington lobbyist Edward J. von Kloberg III packed five steamer trunks before departing for his final overseas trip in mid-April. That was his custom: to travel in the style of another era, to adorn himself with capes, furs and fedoras, to book the finest suites. But this time the baron, as he called himself, hobbled on a cane back to the cramped economy-class section of an Alitalia flight to Rome. (click here to read full article)

 

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