March 22, 2013

How Foreign Governments Quietly Lobby America

Rosie Gray, BuzzFeed

AP Photo

Countries from Uzbekistan to Ukraine use a loophole to try to quietly influence the United States. A "foreign agent" by any other name.

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TAGGED: Azerbaijan, United States, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, China, Huawei, Islam Karimov, Gulnara Karimova

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