Facebook Hires Former Bush Aides as Washington Lobbyists http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/05/facebook-hires-former-bush-aides-as-washington-lobbyists.html

Facebook just made two more friends in D.C.It’s hiring two aides of former President George W. Bush as lobbyists.Joel Kaplan, previously deputy chief of staff in the Bush White House, is joining Facebook as vice president of U.S. public policy, a new position in which he will oversee the company’s public policy strategy and interact with federal and state policymakers.

Myriah Jordan, who worked in the Bush White House in the office of the chief of staff, is joining Facebook as policy manager, focusing on congressional relations.Facebook now has four registered lobbyists, two Republicans and two Democrats, Tim Sparapani and Adam Conner. It spent $230,000 on lobbying in the first quarter