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EXCLUSIVE: Obama nominee omitted ties to biotech
Washington Times ^
| 9/8/09
| Jim McElhatton
Posted on 09/08/2009 10:09:34 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama's nominee at the Department of Homeland Security overseeing bioterrorism defense has served as a key adviser for a lobbying group funded by the pharmaceutical industry that has asked the government to spend more money for anthrax vaccines and biodefense research.
But Dr. Tara O'Toole, whose confirmation as undersecretary of science and technology is pending, never reported her involvement with the lobbying group called the Alliance for Biosecurity in a recent government ethics filing.
The alliance has spent more than $500,000 lobbying Congress and federal agencies -- including Homeland Security -- since 2005, congressional records show.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nominee; obama; omitted; ties
Gotta sell that vaccine.
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:09:36 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:09:57 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Operation Drum Beat - Let us keep this up until AT LEAST the NOV elections...
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:11:00 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Nachum
"Conflict of interest? Why would you ask if I have that?"
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:15:36 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:37:54 AM PDT
by
Freedom2specul8
(I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
didn't Bam say no lobbyist in my administration?
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:46:00 AM PDT
by
scooby321
(and)
To: Nachum
Did Dr O'Toole come from the Apollo project?
Μολὼν λάβε
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posted on
09/08/2009 10:47:17 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(translation of tag "Come and get them (bastards)" or "come get some")
To: Nachum
Most open and ethical administration.......yada, yada, yada....
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posted on
09/08/2009 11:23:21 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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