Chicago Tribune | U.S. paid for media firm Afghans didn't want

Chicago Tribune | U.S. paid for media firm Afghans didn't want: "December 13, 2005

KABUL, Afghanistan -- When The Rendon Group was hired to help Afghan President Hamid Karzai with media relations in early 2004, few thought it was a bad idea. Though Rendon's $1.4million bill seemed high for Afghanistan, the U.S. government was paying.
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"It was a rip-off of the U.S taxpayer," said Raleigh, who left the U.S. Embassy in September."