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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/31/september11.usa4
September 11 2001
The ex-presidents' club
Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger
Wed 31 Oct 2001 11.31 EST
It is hard to imagine an address closer to the heart of American power. The offices of the Carlyle Group are on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, midway between the White House and the Capitol building, and within a stone's throw of the headquarters of the FBI and numerous government departments. The address reflects Carlyle's position at the very centre of the Washington establishment, but amid the frenetic politicking that has occupied the higher reaches of that world in recent weeks, few have paid it much attention. Elsewhere, few have even heard of it.
This is exactly the way Carlyle likes it. For 14 years now, with almost no publicity, the company has been signing up an impressive list of former politicians - including the first President Bush and his secretary of state, James Baker; John Major; one-time World Bank treasurer Afsaneh Masheyekhi and several south-east Asian powerbrokers - and using their contacts and influence to promote the group. Among the companies Carlyle owns are those which make equipment, vehicles and munitions for the US military, and its celebrity employees have long served an ingenious dual purpose, helping encourage investments from the very wealthy while also smoothing the path for Carlyle's defence firms.
https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/investing-in-war/
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/05/us/elder-bush-in-big-gop-cast-toiling-for-top-equity-firm.html
Elder Bush in Big G.O.P. Cast Toiling for Top Equity Firm
By Leslie Wayne
March 5, 2001
See the article in its original context from March 5, 2001, Section A, Page 1Buy Reprints
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/03/18/319881/index.htm