Foreign Powers Buy Influence At Think Tanks

REPORT: Think Tanks Sell Out To Foreign Governments With Eye On Washington
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Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende pauses while speaking at the Brookings Institution June 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

The agreement signed last year by the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs was explicit: For $5 million, Norway’s partner in Washington would push top officials at the White House, at the Treasury Department and in Congress to double spending on a United States foreign aid program.

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