An important financial supporter for three of the advocacy groups Kadeer leads is the National Endowment for Democracy, the Washington-based, taxpayer-funded bipartisan outfit chaired by former congressman Richard A. Gephardt. The endowment gave about $550,000 to those groups last year. Kadeer receives a small salary through one of the groups, said Louisa Greve, the endowment's director for East Asia.

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