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After switching positions, Gephardt lobbying firm have taken $8 million from Turkish government
St Louis Post Dispatch ^ | 6/7/15 | Chuck Raasch 39

Posted on 06/07/2015 2:13:20 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

As a member of Congress, Dick Gephardt often spoke passionately about the need for the United States to recognize as genocide the mass deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians under the Turkish government that began one century ago.

But as a lobbyist for Turkey since leaving Congress in 2005, Gephardt, a Democrat, has taken the opposite side. His behind-the-scenes work has been cited as a factor in the annual failure of Congress to recognize the Armenian genocide.

Justice Department records show that Gephardt’s lobbying firm has been paid more than $8 million since 2008 to fight the declaration and represent Turkey on other contentious issues, including repatriation of Christian holy sites seized over the last century in that Muslim nation.

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Gephardt also said that his views of relations between the U.S. and Turkey — often described as the world’s leading Muslim democracy — changed profoundly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“We’ve got to have models out there of Muslim governments that are moderate and successful,” he said.

And yet in 2003, while running for president two years after 9/11, Gephardt co-sponsored HR193, which said recognition of “Armenian Genocide,” along with the Holocaust and genocide in Cambodia and Rwanda, must be recognized to “help prevent future genocides.”

Four years later, he was accepting money from Turkey to fight such recognition.

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His company’s most recent contract with Turkey, signed in March, is for $170,000 a month, with roughly half going to subcontractors, including a firm that employed former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: dickgephardt; kurdistan; missouri; receptayyiperdogan; turkey

1 posted on 06/07/2015 2:13:20 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

The “follow the money”admonition works every time.


2 posted on 06/07/2015 2:15:37 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Farmer Dean

I’m wondering if lobbyists just do the bidding of the people paying them. Nah.


3 posted on 06/07/2015 2:16:53 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Second Amendment First

Like most of em....he belongs in jail.


4 posted on 06/07/2015 2:17:54 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Wolfie

Lobbyists are just like whores,except somebody else ends up getting F’ed.


5 posted on 06/07/2015 2:19:54 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Wolfie

Well Hastart got a share of the proceeds. When you retire from politics, you make deals with everyone to keep the cash flowing. Sickening.


6 posted on 06/07/2015 2:19:59 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

Lawyers are taught to argue for the TRUTH and the LIE equally well..
You know..... in OUR Colleges.. for a long time..

AND no pitchforks.. no tar and feathers.. not even a harrumph in amazement..
Sooo we got lawyers lieing there teeth out..
From San Diego to Espionage, Maine... from North Slope Alaska to Screw me Sideways, Texas..


7 posted on 06/07/2015 2:27:00 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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8 posted on 06/07/2015 2:30:34 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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Accuray, Inc. $40,000 Pharmaceuticals/Health
AEI Energy $70,000 Electric Utilities
Amaya Gaming $260,000 Casinos/Gambling
Ameren Corp $200,000 Electric Utilities
American Chiropractic Association $50,000 Health
American Council for International Education $10,000 Education
American Messaging $40,000 Telecommunications services
American Science & Engineering, Inc. $440,000 Electronics Manufacturing/Equipment
Anheuser-Busch $120,000 Beer
Autism Speaks $180,000 Human Rights
Bayer Corp. $150,000 Pharmaceuticals/Health
Boeing Co. $340,000 Defense/Aerospace
Broward County, Fla. $200,000 Civil Service
Crawford Group (Enterprise Rent-A-Car) $20,000 Car Rental
Digital Documents, LLC $50,000 Document Scanning/Storage
General Electric $200,000 Manufacturing/Distribution
Goldman Sachs $90,000 Investment/Securities
Google $320,000 Internet
Great Plains Institute $10,000 Energy
Harbinger Capital Partners (Lightsquare, Inc.) $160,000 Telecommunications Services
Human Rights Campaign $120,000 Human Rights
Intel Corp. (McAfee) $60,000 Electronics Manufacturing/Equipment
Lanxess Corporation $200,000 Chemicals
Los Angeles World Airports $240,000 Air Transportation
National Association of Broadcasters $240,000 Television/Movies/Music
National Association of Manufacturers $180,000 Manufacturing/Distribution
Neustar $50,000 Internet
Onex $60,000 Securities/Investment
Peabody Energy $400,000 Coal Mining/Distribution
Planetary Power $40,000 Hybrid Technology
Planetary Resources $40,000 Air Transport
Pods Enterprises $80,000 Transportation
Port of Oakland $160,000 Sea Transport
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Teva Pharmaceuticals $240,000 Pharmaceuticals/Health
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Waste Management $120,000 Waste

9 posted on 06/07/2015 2:44:22 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First

sleaze factor


10 posted on 06/07/2015 3:38:30 PM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: lgjhn23

No a tall tree and a short rope. We The People will soon right the wrongs done to us.


11 posted on 06/07/2015 4:19:15 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Lobbyests are the “Johns”, politicians are the whores.


12 posted on 06/08/2015 4:29:08 AM PDT by Wolfie
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