Article: DESTINY WATCHES SECURITY ISSUES; DEVELOPER HIRES LOBBYING FIRM THAT HAS EXPERTISE IN HOMELAND SECURITY.(Local)

Byline: Mark Libbon Washington bureau

Item: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge met and spoke briefly Sunday, April 27, with Destiny USA developer Robert Congel at a Kennedy Center gala in Washington, D.C.

Congel had invited a number of potential business partners - leading experts from companies that specialize in security - to attend the tribute to George Gershwin.

Item: Destiny USA has hired Blank Rome Government Relations, a lobbying firm that has expertise in homeland security matters.

Among Blank Rome's lobbyists are several former associates of Ridge who worked for him at the White House or while he was governor of ...

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