Question:    Who, exactly, is Katharine Armstrong, who hosted the hunting party on her spread, The Armstrong Ranch? Only one of the biggest lobbyists in Texas. The following is from a profile of her:

In 2004 she hung out her own lobby shingle and registered three lobby contracts, led by construction company Parsons Technology and Dannenbaum Engineering Corp., which is a major contractor for Texas water projects.

The list of registered lobbyists currently shows her to have four clients, but it is noised about that she also lobbies for a number of special interest groups. Most sources I found, if they mentioned their existence at all, were a bit circumspect about them. I wasn't able to track down any names, but I didn't have long to look. My wife and I are having guests this afternoon (not a shooting party) so I don't have time to follow up on this right now. Maybe somebody here could do some further checking.

Since she's a lobbyist, what the hell was Cheney doing there in the first place?

Don Firth