ADVISORY/Expert Source Available on Iraq Reconstruction; World Organizations Rallying to Aid New Iraq Democracy; Ethnic Tensions Will Be Important Issue.News Editors/Business Editors/Foreign News Desks Topical News: War On Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act ADVISORY... LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2003 MEDIA ADVISORY Government policy expert Richard McLellan was appointed by the administration in the early and mid-1990s to help create new democratic governments in Nigeria and the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria. He heads the Government Policy Practice Group in the Lansing, Michigan “Lansing” redirects here. For other uses, see Lansing (disambiguation). Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, and the state's sixth largest city. office of the law firm of Dykema Gossett Dykema Gossett PLLC is a law firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1926, the firm, known simply as "Dykema," has offices in various locations around the United States including Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. PLLC PLLC Professional Limited Liability Company PLLC Polk Life and Learning Center (Bartow, FL) PLLC Partners of Limited Liability Corporation . McLellan can offer his perspectives on how bringing democracy to Iraq may differ from what has taken place in Eastern Europe and other countries. A core issue will be ethnic tensions among various Iraqi factions, similar to what took place in Nigeria. Going from a dictatorship to democracy means putting in place a constitution, political party system and "free and fair" elections. McLellan says the process can actually happen rather quickly given that repressed re·pressed adj. Being subjected to or characterized by repression. people are often eager to adopt a democratic system. He can elaborate on the process as well as the global structure that oversees it. About Richard McLellan McLellan accompanied Colin Powell for the first Nigerian elections following the death of the country's dictator. He was appointed by President George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush as a Presidential Observer to the first elections in the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria following communist rule. McLellan heads the Government Policy Practice Group in the Lansing, Michigan office of the law firm of Dykema Gossett PLLC. |
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