AZERBAIJAN - US Lobbyists.Aliyev gains much from influential lobbyists in Washington, including Jewish leaders. He has developed close links with US Vice President Dick Cheney, who until he joined George W. Bush's presidential ticket in 2000 was the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Halliburton. This now troubled oil services company has been operating in Azerbaijan for years. Before Bush ran for the presidency in 2000, as governor of Texas, he was also close to other oilmen with connections to Aliyev. Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr., (February 11 1921 – May 23 2006) was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. , once a treasury secretary in the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law , has been a shareholder in Frontera Resources, a US oil services firm which has been working in Azerbaijan. Frontera is chaired by another Texan, William White, a deputy secretary of energy in the Clinton administration. The national security chief under the previous Bush administration, Brent Scowcroft, was reportedly paid $100,000 in 1996 by Pennzoil for providing consultations on international projects, including E&P in Azerbaijan. Scowcroft was also said to have earned a handsome director's fee from the company, with Pennzoil President Tom Hamilton having become a friend of Aliyev. AIOC AIOC Azerbaijan International Operating Company AIOC Anglo-Iranian Oil Company AIOC Acceptable Initial Operating Capability has been a client of former secretary of state James Baker's law firm. Baker served in the former Bush administration. The management consulting firm JHS JHS Junior High School JHS Jefferson High School JHS Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Alabama) JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JHS Jordan High School (Sandy, Utah) Associates of John Sununu, former White House chief of staff in the previous Bush administration, was contracted by the Azeri government during Aliyev's visit to the US in July/August 1997. Carter national security advisor A National Security Advisor serves as the chief advisor to a national government on matters of security. He or she is not usually a member of the cabinet but is usually a member of various military or security councils. Zbigniew Brzezinski has been a consultant to BP, with AIOC promoting Baku's cause in Washington. |
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