Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill to Join Barbour Griffith & Rogers LLC

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbour Griffith & Rogers, LLC (BGR),
 DC's top-rated Republican lobbying firm, today announced that Ambassador
 Robert D. Blackwill will join the firm, leading the firm's global affairs
 practice from the newly created position of President, Barbour Griffith &
 Rogers, International.
     For the past eighteen months, Ambassador Blackwill has served President
 Bush as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
 for Strategic Planning.  Bob also served as Presidential Envoy to Iraq, and
 earlier, as US Ambassador to India (2001 to 2003).
     According to Lanny Griffith, the CEO of BGR LLC, "We are thrilled that
 Ambassador Blackwill is joining our thriving firm.   Bob's keen intellect and
 fresh perspectives on international affairs will greatly enhance our firm's
 already strong global practice.  Bob's experience in global markets will be a
 huge asset for our existing clients and give us enormous new capacity to grow
 a dynamic international practice."
     Prior to serving as Ambassador to India, Blackwill was the Belfer Lecturer
 in International Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of
 Government.  From 1989 to 1990, Ambassador Blackwill served as Special
 Assistant to President George Bush for European and Soviet Affairs, during
 which time he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the
 Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to German unification.  Bob
 spent nearly 20 years as a practicing diplomat with an impressive range of
 overseas postings.
     Ed Rogers, Chairman of BGR LLC, stated, "I have had the pleasure of
 working with Bob starting in the first Bush Administration, and he is one of
 the finest public servants I know. He has been directly involved at the
 highest level with some of the most complex and challenging issues facing our
 country.  His knowledge of the issues and his understanding of the foreign
 policy-making process is second to none."
     "I have had no greater honor than serving President Bush over the past
 four years.  I am looking forward to new opportunities and new challenges with
 my friends at Barbour Griffith & Rogers," noted Blackwill.
 
     BGR, founded in 1991, is a company of lawyers, policy specialists and
 other professionals based in Washington, D.C.  The firm is actively involved
 in the shaping of public policy issues that dominate the American political
 and corporate agenda, serving as advocates in federal government relations, a
 vital link to state governments in every region of the country, and an ally in
 business development anywhere in the U.S. and in select markets around the
 world.
 
             Biographical Highlights:  Ambassador Robert Blackwill
 
 
     * Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill served President Bush as Deputy Assistant
 to the President, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning
 and Presidential Envoy to Iraq. In this position, Ambassador Blackwill was
 responsible for government-wide policy planning operations to help develop and
 coordinate the mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy. He
 also had particular responsibility for assisting in the formulation and
 implementation of U.S. policies regarding Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran.
 
     * Ambassador Blackwill came to the National Security Council after having
 served as the U.S. Ambassador to India. Nominated and appointed by President
 George W. Bush, he assumed his position as the American Ambassador to the
 Republic of India on July 27, 2001 and completed his tenure on July 30, 2003.
 
     * Prior to this diplomatic posting, Ambassador Blackwill was the Belfer
 Lecturer in International Security at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy
 School of Government, where he taught strategy, foreign and defense policy,
 and qualitative public policy analysis. During his 14 years at Harvard, he was
 Associate Dean of the Kennedy School, and directed executive training programs
 for business and government leaders from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Palestinian
 Authority and Israel, as well as General Officers from Russia and the Peoples
 Republic of China.
 
     * From 1989 to 1990, Ambassador Blackwill served as Special Assistant to
 President George Bush for European and Soviet Affairs, and was awarded the
 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany for
 his contribution to German unification.  Bob spent nearly 20 years as a
 practicing diplomat and worked for Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and
 George Shultz, as well as for National Security Advisors Brent Scowcroft and
 Zbigniew Brzezinski.
 
     * He is the author of many books and articles on international security
 and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International
 Institute for Strategic Studies and the Board of the Nixon Center.
 
 

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