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As the cash-strapped Libyan rebels press the U.S. to send some of Muammar Qaddafi's frozen assets their way, they'll have an ally championing their cause in Washington: a small but influential public relations firm called the Harbour Group.

According Reuters, the Harbour Group registered with the Justice Department last week to represent the rebel transitional council's Washington office, which is led by Libya's former ambassador to the U.S., Ali Aujali (pictured above, on left). The firm, which is helping the rebels for free, organized a talk by Aujali in early April at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, and Aujali has also penned a Washington Post op-ed and delivered a speech at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. The Harbour Group is also screening media calls for the opposition, touching up the rebels' website, and assisting the rebels in persuading the U.S. to recognize them diplomatically and unfreeze Libyan assets, Reuters explains.

What do we know about the opposition's new lobbyist? The firm's leadership includes a former Clinton administration official and staff director for Hillary Clinton, a media strategist for the last three Democratic presidential conventions, and a former spokesman for the presidential campaigns of Republicans Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, and Bob Dole.