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The Bush administration [5] "spent $250 million on public relations [6] contracts during its first term, compared with $128 million spent for President Clinton [7] between 1997 and 2000," including $88 million in fiscal year 2004, according to a report [8] by the Democratic staff of the House Government Reform Committee. "While not all public relations spending is illegal or inappropriate, this rapid rise in public relations contracts at a time of growing budget deficits raises questions," stated the report. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services [9] spent the most on PR over the past four years, $94 million, and the largest recipient of government PR contracts was Ketchum [10], at $97 million.
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2005%2F01%2F3216%2Fhow-win-through-spin&linkname=How%20to%20Win%20through%20Spin
[5] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration
[6] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Public_relations_firms
[7] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_Jefferson_Clinton
[8] http://democrats.reform.house.gov/investigations.asp?Issue=+Covert+Propaganda
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Medicare_Prescription_Drug_Bill_Vote_Scandal,_2003
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ketchum
[11] http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-26-williams-usat_x.htm