Subject: Rick Burt Document
From: "Yoxall, Collin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]>, "Oslund, Joseph" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 08:50:25 -0700

Major H/T to Joe for bulleting the Russian piece

RICK BURT

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RICK BURT SUPPORTED THE IRAN DEAL

Global Zero: Rick Burt Praised The Iran Deal As "The Most Important Arms Control Deal Since The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM] Treaty And Interim Agreement With The Soviet Union." "'The framework agreement is a historic achievement - perhaps the most important arms control deal since the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Interim Agreement with the Soviet Union. Its terms are better than most observers anticipated: no uranium enrichment for 15 years, bigger cuts in centrifuges, rigorous verification provisions, with several in place for 15 years or longer. The political impact is also important: keeping Iran non-nuclear will dampen incentives for other regional powers to acquire weapons capability while creating opportunities for the United States and Iran to cooperate on regional security challenges, such as Daesh. Many details of the agreement still need to be agreed before June and the accord is being attacked by hardliners in both countries. But in the end, this framework represents a huge step forward,' said Amb. Richard Burt, U.S. Chair of Global Zero and former chief START negotiator.[Press Release, Global Zero, 4/3/15<http://www.globalzero.org/press-media/press-releases/global-zero-movement-endorses-iran-deal-historic-breakthrough>]

RICK BURT SUPPORTED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S PUSH FOR THE NEW START TREATY

Real Clear Politics's Joe Conason: Rick Burt Said That Only Two Governments In The World Do Not Want To See The New START Treaty Ratified: Iran And North Korea. "Richard Burt, the Reagan administration's chief U.S. negotiator for the original START treaty, has noted that 'there are only two governments in the world that wouldn't like to see this treaty ratified -- the government in Tehran and the government in North Korea.' To that list may be added the obstructionist leaders of the GOP, whose motives are as questionable as their competence." [Joe Conason, Real Clear Politics, 11/27/10<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/11/27/irans_best_friends_on_capitol_hill_108077.html#ixzz472OuINUb>]

National Review: Rick Burt Helped Negotiate The 1991 START Treaty. [National Review, 10/23/14<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/390977/rand-pauls-non-isolationism-eliana-johnson>]

RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE OLEG DERIPASKA TOOK OVER AN ALUMINUM PLANT IN MONTENEGRO BECAUSE PUTIN TOLD HIM TO

Russian Billionaire Oleg Deripaska Controlled Russian Aluminum Giant RusAl And Owned KAP, An Aluminum Plant In Montenegro That Accounted For 40 Percent Of The Country's GDP. "On the same day one of the largest mega-yachts in the world, the Queen K, was moored in the same bay of Kotor. This was where the real party was. The owner of the Queen K was known as 'Putin's oligarch': Oleg Deripaska, controlling shareholder of the Russian aluminum giant RusAl, currently listed as the ninth-richest man in the world, with a rap sheet as abundant as his wealth. By mid-2005 Deripaska had already virtually taken control of Montenegro's economy by snapping up its aluminum plant, KAP-which accounts for up to 40 percent of the country's GDP and some 80 percent of its export earnings-in a nontransparent privatization tender strongly criticized by NGO watchdogs, Montenegrin politicians and journalists. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<%5bThe%20Nation,%2010/1/08%5d>]

Oleg Deripaska Reportedly Told A Close Associate That He Bought Montenegrin Aluminum Plant KAP Because Putin Encouraged Him To Do It. "The Nation has learned that Deripaska told one of his closest associates that he bought the plant 'because Putin encouraged him to do it.' The reason: 'the Kremlin wanted an area of influence in the Mediterranean.'" [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

DAVIS, MANAFORT WORKED ON THE SUCCESSFUL 2006 MONTENEGRO INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM, AN ELECTION THAT ADVANCED KREMLIN INFLUENCE IN MONTENEGRO AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

Davis, Manafort Worked On Montenegro's 2006 Independence Referendum Campaign. "Yet despite McCain's tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have cultivated deep ties with Russia's oligarchy-indeed, they have promoted the Kremlin's geopolitical and economic interests, as well as some of its most unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and geopolitical stupor. The most notable example is the tale of how McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory for the Kremlin: gaining control over the small but strategically important country of Montenegro. According to two former senior US diplomats who served in the Balkans, Davis and his lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, received several million dollars to help run Montenegro's independence referendum campaign of 2006. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

OLEG DERIPASKA, BANNED FROM ENTERING THE UNITED STATES, HIRED RICHARD BURT TO LOBBY FOR A VISA AND SECURE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN WORLD BANK LOANS

Russian Billionaire Oleg Deripaska Hired Richard Burt's Intelligence Firm, Dilligence. "Deripaska also reached out to a Washington-based intelligence firm, Diligence, chaired by GOP foreign policy hand Richard Burt, McCain's top foreign policy adviser in 2000 and an adviser in '08 (Burt left Diligence in 2007 to join Henry Kissinger's consulting firm). Deripaska's business partner in London, Nathaniel Rothschild, an heir to the English Rothschild fortune, bought a stake in Diligence, according to the New York Times and confirmed by a Rothschild spokesman. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

Richard Burt's Firm Helped Deripaska Lobby For Visas, Gather Corporate Intelligence And Secure A $150 Million World Bank Loan For A Deripaska Subsidiary, The Komi Aluminum Project. "The firm offered Deripaska many useful services: corporate intelligence gathering, visa lobbying through considerable GOP connections and, crucially, help in obtaining a $150 million World Bank/European Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan for a Deripaska subsidiary, the Komi Aluminum Project. Getting the loan was useful in providing a layer of comfort to Western investors skittish about RusAl. So Diligence, now partly owned by Rothschild, provided a 'due diligence' report to the World Bank, which the Bank then used to approve its loan to Deripaska. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

Oleg Deripaska Was Issued A Multi-Entry Visa And Traveled To The United States To Sign His World Bank Loan. "Not surprisingly, the lobbying worked: in December 2005 Deripaska was issued a multientry US visa, according to the State Department. During his brief stay he signed his World Bank loan, spoke at a Carnegie Endowment meeting and attended a dinner for Harvard University's Belfer Center, where, thanks to a generous donation, he became a member of its international council. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]]

Oleg Deripaska Was Questioned By The FBI While Visiting The United States And A Ban On His Receiving A U.S. Visa Was Reinstated After He Left The Country. "However, Deripaska's trip did not end well. Under the visa's terms, he was forced to endure lengthy FBI questioning. According to the mining-industry newsletter Mineweb, the list of his enemies had grown from jilted former business partners to the heads of powerful US metals companies and government officials unhappy with RusAl's control of key Third World bauxite mines, which threatened beleaguered US aluminum giants. The interview went badly-according to people who know him, Deripaska had little patience for prying bureaucrats. When he left the country, the visa ban was reinstated." [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

RICHARD BURT WORKED AS AN ADVISOR TO JOHN MCCAIN ALONG WITH FELLOW DERIPASKA LOBBYIST RICK DAVIS

Richard Burt Was A Foreign Policy Advisor To The 2000 And 2008 McCain Campaigns. "Deripaska also reached out to a Washington-based intelligence firm, Diligence, chaired by GOP foreign policy hand Richard Burt, McCain's top foreign policy adviser in 2000 and an adviser in '08 (Burt left Diligence in 2007 to join Henry Kissinger's consulting firm). Deripaska's business partner in London, Nathaniel Rothschild, an heir to the English Rothschild fortune, bought a stake in Diligence, according to the New York Times and confirmed by a Rothschild spokesman. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

Deripaska Met John McCain In 2006 Via McCain Advisor Rick Davis. "Once again Deripaska turned to powerful Republicans-this time, to McCain and campaign manager Davis, who arranged the January 2006 Davos introduction. The McCain campaign later claimed that 'any contact between Mr. Deripaska and the senator was social and incidental,' but afterward Deripaska thanked Davis for arranging 'such an intimate setting.' The Washington Post reported that Davis was 'seeking to do business with the billionaire.' Indeed, Deripaska's subsequent thank-you letter mentioned his possible investment in a metals company Davis represented through a hedge-fund client. " [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

IN 1983, RICK BURT'S NOMINATION TO A STATE DEPARTMENT POSITION WAS OPPOSED BY CONSERVATIVE SENATORS, INCLUDING ORRIN HATCH

Washington Post: The Block On Rick Burt's Nomination Was Lifted After Secretary Of State Met With Conservative Senators Opposed To The Confirmation. "The procedural holds on Burt's nomination were removed, however, after Secretary of State George P. Shultz met with a group of the conservatives during the last week in January in the office of Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.). After the meeting, one Senate source close to the group said, 'The saga of Rick Burt is over.' [Washington Post, 2/17/83<https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/02/17/arms-negotiator-sidetracked-by-senate-committee/d236d3f7-4070-437a-b06b-b5666bd1b5ac/>]

Washington Post: The Conservative Senators Opposed Burt Because Of A Article Rick Burt Had Written Disclosing The Existance Of A U.S. Spy Satallite And Positions He Had Taken On Arms Control. "Meanwhile yesterday, the Senate voted 81 to 11 to end a year-long conservative challenge to the nomination of Richard R. Burt as assistant secretary of state for European affairs. The vote came after an unusual closed session of the Senate in which members heard what was reported as a "damage assessment" of a June, 1979, article by Burt that disclosed the existence and capability of a U.S. spy satellite that could monitor Soviet missile tests... Burt had drawn fire from Republican Sens. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Barry Goldwater of Arizona and others for the 1979 spy satellite article and for internal positions he had taken on arms control issues in 1981 while he was director of the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs." [Washington Post, 2/17/83<https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/02/17/arms-negotiator-sidetracked-by-senate-committee/d236d3f7-4070-437a-b06b-b5666bd1b5ac/>]

Washington Post: Major Conservative Names, Including Orrin Hatch, Jesse Helms, And Barry Goldwater, Opposed Rick Burt's Confirmation. "Burt had drawn fire from Republican Sens. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, Jesse Helms of North Carolina, Barry Goldwater of Arizona and others for the 1979 spy satellite article and for internal positions he had taken on arms control issues in 1981 while he was director of the State Department's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs." [Washington Post, 2/17/83<https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/02/17/arms-negotiator-sidetracked-by-senate-committee/d236d3f7-4070-437a-b06b-b5666bd1b5ac/>]

RICK BURT WAS A WITNESS IN THE CONRAD BLACK HOLLINGER TRIAL

Chicago Tribune: Rick Burt Was A Director Of Hollinger International And Testified At Conrad Black's Trial. [Chicago Tribune, 4/27/07<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-27/business/0704260507_1_hollinger-international-chicago-based-hollinger-black-and-radler>]

RICK BURT GAVE FOREIGN POLICY ADVICE TO RAND PAUL

National Review: Rick Burt Advised Rand Paul On Foreign Policy. "Paul's brain trust also includes Rick Burt, the former ambassador to Germany who negotiated the 1991 START Treaty..." [National Review, 10/23/14<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/390977/rand-pauls-non-isolationism-eliana-johnson>]

Biography

McLarty And Associates: Rick Burt Served In The Reagan Administration From 1981 To 1989, All In Foreign Policy Roles. From Oldest To Most Recent: Director Of Politico-Military Affairs, State Department, 81-83; Assistant Secretary For European An Canadian Affairs, State Department, 83-85; Ambassador To West Germany, 85-89. [Richard Burt, McLarty And Associates, Accessed 4/27/16<http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/richard-burt/>]

McLarty And Associates: Rick Burt Was A National Security Correspondent For the New York Times, 73-77 [Richard Burt, McLarty And Associates, Accessed 4/27/16<http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/richard-burt/>]

McLarty And Associates: Rick Burt Is A Chairman Of Global Zero USA, "An Organization Focused On Developing A Viable Plan For Eliminating Nuclear Weapons Worldwide." [Richard Burt, McLarty And Associates, Accessed 4/27/16<http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/richard-burt/>]

McLarty And Associates: Rick Burt Is On Various Corporate Boards. "Ambassador Burt serves on the board of Deutsche Bank's closed-end fund group and is also a trustee of the UBS family of mutual funds (New York board). In addition, he is an Advisor to EADS North America's board and a member of the Alfa Bank's Senior Advisory Board in Moscow." [Richard Burt, McLarty And Associates, Accessed 4/27/16<http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/richard-burt/>]

Center For Strategic And International Studies: Rick Burt Is On The Board Of International Equity Partners. "He is chairman of International Equity Partners, a Washington-based investment banking and advisory services firm focusing on development and consulting in major emerging markets." [Richard R. Burt, Center For Strategic And International Studies, Accessed 4/27/16<http://csis.org/expert/richard-r-burt>]

Rick Burt Was Educated At Cornell And Tufts. "Ambassador Burt earned his bachelor's degree in government from Cornell University and his master's degree in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University." [Richard Burt, McLarty And Associates, Accessed 4/27/16<http://maglobal.com/about-us/our-team/richard-burt/>]

2008: Richard Joined Henry Kissinger's Consulting Firm. " Deripaska also reached out to a Washington-based intelligence firm, Diligence, chaired by GOP foreign policy hand Richard Burt, McCain's top foreign policy adviser in 2000 and an adviser in '08 (Burt left Diligence in 2007 to join Henry Kissinger's consulting firm)." [The Nation, 10/1/08<http://www.thenation.com/article/mccains-kremlin-ties/>]

Political

National Review: Rick Burt Advised Rand Paul On Foreign Policy. "Paul's brain trust also includes Rick Burt, the former ambassador to Germany who negotiated the 1991 START Treaty..." [National Review, 10/23/14<http://www.nationalreview.com/article/390977/rand-pauls-non-isolationism-eliana-johnson>]

McCain Institute's Rick Burt: The US Should "Be More Selective In How It Thinks About Its Priorities Abroad, It Needs To Be Guided By National Interests Not Values Promotion" [Rick Burt, McCain Institute, 10/6/15</b>]

Collin Yoxall
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