Ex-counsel to Clinton named to Xe's board

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By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 7, 2011

MOYOCK, N.C.

An ongoing makeover by Xe Services, the security company formerly known as Blackwater, has taken on a bipartisan flavor.

Blackwater founder Erik Prince was known for his ties to Republicans. But the latest addition to Xe's board is a Democrat: Jack Quinn, former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton and former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore. Quinn's appointment as an independent director was announced Wednesday by USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired Xe from Prince in December. He's the latest in a series of new faces at Xe including former Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Quinn is chairman of the Washington lobbying firm Quinn Gillespie & Associates.

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USTC Holdings = Prince Holdings

Submitted by boblakeman on Thu, 07/07/2011 at 7:42 pm.

USTC goes way back with the Prince family. You can count on Erik still calling the shots which means lay low, keep making money and rip off the US government. Worked for Howard Hughes, Dick Cheney, Halliburton- now Xe Services.

Now I feel better

Submitted by The American on Thu, 07/07/2011 at 9:33 am.

Boy is this a relief.

After they forced Prince to sell this company
and leave the country . They send in the vultures.
Guess Hillary wanted to have her man at the helm

The new American century,welcome

Are you saying that...

Submitted by SamD on Thu, 07/07/2011 at 1:48 pm.

a Democrat would never work for profit? His company knows how to play both sides of an election, they were PR for Gore and Kerry when they ran against Bush in 2000 and 2004. They also did PR for Bush in 2000 and 2004. Never assume a Democrat isn't just as greedy as anyone else.