Editing Randy Scheunemann (section)

==Lobbyist==
In 1998, Scheunemann went to work for the public relations firm Mercury Group.<ref name="RCNov1998">{{cite news | title = Lott Foreign Policy Adviser Decides to Leave | author = John Bresnahan | publisher = Roll Call | date = November 2, 1998}}</ref>

During the 2002 and early 2003 campaign by the [[George W. Bush]] administration to generate public support for the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], Scheunemann had a close association with Iraq exile [[Ahmad Chalabi]].<ref>{{cite web| last = Marshall| first = Josh| authorlink = Josh Marshall| title = Do Your Job: Stop Ignoring Scheunemann's Past| publisher = [[Talking Points Memo]]| date = July 14, 2008| url = http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203960.php  | accessdate = 2008-07-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080715131030/http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203960.php | archive-date=2008-07-15 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Bumiller | first = Elisabeth | authorlink = Elisabeth Bumiller | title = Powell's Endorsement Puts Spotlight on His Legacy | work = [[New York Times]] | date = October 19, 2008 | url =  https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20powell.html | accessdate = 2008-10-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401222639/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/20/us/politics/20powell.html | archive-date=April 1, 2009 | url-status=live}}{{Subscription required|date=September 2023}}</ref>

Until May 2008, Scheunemann was co-owner of a two-person Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, Orion Strategies, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Orion Strategies | url=http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_754jc | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510090721/http://www.manta.com:80/coms2/dnbcompany_754jc | archive-date=2007-05-10}}</ref> The firm has lobbied on behalf of the Open Society Policy Center, the Caspian Alliance, [[Lockheed Martin]], [[BP]], and the [[National Rifle Association of America]], among foreign governments such as [[Latvia]], [[Taiwan]], [[Croatia]], and [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields|title=Query the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database|date=January 3, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103203124/http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=choosefields |archive-date=3 January 2008 }}</ref>

He is a member of the board of directors of the [[International Republican Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428062156/http://www.iri.org/learn-more-about-iri/board-directors-and-officers|url-status=dead|title=International Republican Institute web site, accessed July 16, 2010.|archivedate=April 28, 2010}}</ref>