Charlie Black's Lobbying Career With Dictators Profiled
Longtime uber-lobbyist Charles R. Black Jr. is John McCain's man in Washington, a political maestro who is hoping to guide his friend, the senator from Arizona, to the presidency this November.
But for half a decade in the 1980s, Black was also Jonas Savimbi's man in the capital city. His lobbying firm received millions from the brutal Angolan guerrilla leader and took advantage of Black's contacts in Congress and the White House.



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Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum | May 22, 2008 12:34 PM