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"Consultants affiliated with a small Washington, D.C. firm called Beacon Global Strategies hold the unique privilege of providing high-profile foreign policy guidance to Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, among others."

December 18, 2015.

theintercept.com/2015/12/18/bea…
"Hooks and Edelman have reportedly provided private briefings to help shape foreign policy ideas to candidates including Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, encouraging them to take on hawkish positions."

John Hay Initiative.
This is the official website for the John Hay Initiative.

choosingtolead.net
Authors tied to the John Hay Initiative include Elliot Abrams, Michael Allen, Dan Blumenthal, Michael Chertoff, Frank Cilluffo, Eliot Cohen, Jacqueline Deal, Paula Dobriansky, Eric Edelman, Peter Feaver, Daniel W. Fisk, Aaron Friedberg...

choosingtolead.net/our-authors-ov…
... Mark Green, General Michael Hayden, Rebeccah Heinrichs, John Herrmann, Brian Hook, Will Inboden, Jamil Jaffer, Robert Joseph, David Kramer (yes, him), Jeffrey Kupfer, Clay Lowery, Leland Miller...

choosingtolead.net/our-authors-ov…
... Paul Miller, Wess Mitchell, Lindsey Neas, J. Peter Pham, Dan Runde, James Shinn, Kristen Silverberg, Michael Singh, Bryan Smith, Jim Talent, Pete Wehner and Laurence Zuriff.

choosingtolead.net/our-authors-ov…
Steering Committee: Eliot Cohen, Eric Edelman, Brian Hook.
Director of Operations: Martha R. Simms.
Advisory Council: Michael Chertoff, Norm Coleman, Paula Dobriansky, Robert Kagan, Michael Hayden, Michael Mukasey, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, Jim Talent, Rich Williamson.
"Early in 2013, leaders of the foreign policy team that guided presidential candidate Mitt Romney regrouped under a new banner."

"Now the 'John Hay Initiative'..."

"Its first public event, a national security speech by Senator Marco Rubio on Sept 17..."

thedailybeast.com/romney-foreign…
"After the launch [of Beacon Global Strategies], Jeremy Bash joined the advisory board to Paladin Capital Group, a private equity firm that provides funding for start-ups that serve as contractors to the National Security Agency."

theintercept.com/2015/12/18/bea…
Jeremy Bash joined Paladin Capital Group on July 15, 2014.

Got a strange message as well when I visited the page.

paladincapgroup.com/founder-of-bea…
More on Beacon:

"And it includes Republican J. Michael Allen, who was a former majority staff director for the House Intelligence Committee, headed by Republican Rep. Mike Rogers."

foxnews.com/politics/2014/…
Meridian International Center is a partner of Beacon Global Strategies.

meridian.org/partners/priva…
The Meridian International Center, by the way, is the same one which has ties to both Joseph Mifsud and Anatoli Samochornov.

Initial Design Group once had Beacon Global Strategies as a client, presumably to help develop their website.

initialdesigngroup.com/case/a-global-…
Michael Allen of Beacon Global Strategies / Mike Rogers' staff actually attended an event I have spoken about previously: the Intelligence and National Security Summit.



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