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To: neverdem

I notice this column appears in the Washington Times. Will the liberal media avoid or bury this story?


11 posted on 01/22/2009 1:00:29 AM PST by monocle
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To: monocle
Will the liberal media avoid or bury this story?

Maybe Jake Tapper at ABC?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/

The Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel requires that lobbyists who become members of Obama administration will not be able to work on matters they lobbied on for two years, or in the agencies they lobbied during the previous two years. Anyone who leaves the Obama administration will not be able to lobby his administration. The orders also instituted a ban on gifts by lobbyists to members of the administration.

There have already been notable exceptions to this rule, with one of them being Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who was a registered lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon before being appointed. Obama administration spokesman Tommy Vietor had said that "we are aware that Mr. Lynn lobbied for Raytheon, and are working with Mr. Lynn to craft a role for him that is consistent with the president-elect's high standards while balancing the need to fill this critical national security position."

He strikes me as having integrity.

27 posted on 01/22/2009 1:54:36 AM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: monocle

Go to the next section on Tapper’s blog, “VP Biden Pokes Fun at Chief Justice Roberts.” It also has a video called, “Biden’s Joke Falls Flat,” IIRC.


32 posted on 01/22/2009 2:13:31 AM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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