The PR firm Burson-Marsteller [3]'s lobbying unit, BKSH & Associates [4], "has added the Republic of Iraq to its client roster," reports O'Dwyer's. "The Washington, DC-based firm had worked for the [U.S.-funded] Iraqi National Congress [5] opposition group during the reign of Saddam Hussein [6]." Burson-Marsteller has already "helped the deputy military attache do outreach to key media outlets," including the Wall Street Journal and CNN, and has contacted the U.S. State Department [7] and National Security Council [8] on behalf of the Iraqi Embassy. The firm's Iraq contract also includes setting up editorial board meetings, placing op/ed pieces, and strengthening "ties with organizations like the American Enterprise Institute [9], U.S. Chamber of Commerce [10], Council on Foreign Relations [11] and Business Council for International Understanding."