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Countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been influencing Washington through lobbyists, think tanks, journalists, and academia—and it’s all perfectly legal.
The bloated defense industry is a terrible job creator. Taxpayer money is better spent on education, clean energy, or health care.
Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.
October 4, 2018
Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.
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All it took was flattery, arms, and a little bit of cash.
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