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John
McCain - Tom
Loeffler -  Susan
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- European
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-  US
- 2008
Election
"McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs." ... "Government auditors ruled that the Air Force made "significant errors" when it rebid the [aerial refueling tanker] contract and awarded the $35 billion project to Boeing's chief rival, partners European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. [Company] (or EADS) and Northrop Grumman. It's likely the Air Force will have to redo the bid yet again, which analysts say will delay the replacement of the fleet's 1950s-era refueling tankers. The auditors' ruling has also cast light on an overlooked aspect of [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain's crusade: five of his campaign's top advisers and fund-raisers—including Tom Loeffler, who resigned last month as his finance co-chairman, and Susan Nelson, his finance director—were registered lobbyists for EADS." ... "Critics, including some at the Pentagon, cite in particular two tough letters McCain wrote to Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England in 2006 and another to Robert Gates, just prior to his confirmation as Defense secretary. In the first letter, dated [September] Sept. 8, 2006, McCain wrote of hearing from "third parties" that the Air Force was about to redo the tanker competition by factoring in European government subsidies to EADS—a condition that could have seriously hurt the EADS bid. McCain urged that the Pentagon drop the subsidy factor and posed a series of technical questions about the Air Force's process. "He was trying to jam us and bully us to make sure there was competition by giving EADS an advantage," said one senior Pentagon official, who asked for anonymity when discussing a politically sensitive matter. The assumption within the Pentagon, the official added, was that McCain's letters were drafted by EADS lobbyists. "There was no one else that would have had that level of detail," the official said." -By Michael Isikoff -Newsweek
John
McCain - Tom
Loeffler - Susan
E Nelson -  Rick
Davis -  Illegal
- 2008
Election - Politics
- French
- US
- Military
- Aircraft
-  Technology
- EADS
Airbus
"McCain Lobbyist Ties Questioned in Ad, Complaint." ... "The TV ad from Campaign Money Watch, set to run on Washington, D.C., broadcast and cable outlets starting Monday, focuses on [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain's role in the awarding of an Air Force contract that would eventually go to the French company Airbus [EADS] instead of the American company Boeing." ... ""Seven of McCain’s staff and fundraisers lobbied for Airbus," the ad says. "And guess what? John McCain intervened, which helped Airbus get that Pentagon contract. Tell John McCain to kick those lobbyists off the Straight Talk Express."" ... "The group is also asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate two other public reports that touch on McCain's connections to lobbyists: That a lobbying company, the Loeffler Group LLP, made payments this year to McCain's national finance director, Susan Nelson; and that a company controlled in part by campaign manager Rick Davis sliced more than $100,000 off of McCain campaign's tab, when the campaign was starved for cash last year." ... "While working for Loeffler, Nelson lobbied on behalf of Airbus. Newsweek reported last month that Nelson was rehired early this year as a consultant for the company, while on the McCain campaign's payroll." ... "Campaign Money Watch alleges that the payments made by the Loeffler Group and the discount arranged by the company 3eDC could amount to illegal corporate contributions, according to an FEC complaint to be filed Monday." -ABCNEWS.com  WATCH:
"The McCain File" ad claiming, "Some straight talk about John McCain and
his lobbyists' involvement in a deal that landed a French defense contractor
a big-money contract." via FireTheLobbyists.com
and Public Campaign Action Fund's
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John
McCain
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Bob
Riley
- European
- Plane
- Maker
- Politics
- US
- Military
- 
Arizona
- 
Alabama
- 2008
Election - "McCain
Received Defense Firm Cash After Backing Its Contract."
... "Critics on Tuesday questioned whether [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain catered to special interests
when he aggressively threw his support behind a $35 billion Pentagon contract
for a European plane maker." ... "McCain, the presumptive GOP [GOP=Grand
Old Party=Republican] presidential nominee, played a crucial role in blocking
the deal to build air tankers from going to U.S.[United States]-based Boeing,
instead paving the path for EADS [European Aeronautic Defense and Space
Company] to score the loot. He framed his decision as an example of political
integrity; Boeing has previously been exposed of contract abuse. But a
review of campaign finance donations and lobbying records suggests that
money and personal lobbying may have also been in play." ... "On January
15, 2007, McCain appeared at Alabama [Republican Governor] Gov. Bob Riley's
gubernatorial swearing in ceremony and formally called for multiple bidders
in the tanker deal. The push for an open process had only one true beneficiary,
however, and that was the Northrop Grumman/EADS consortium, which was poised
to be Boeing's sole competitor." ... "A day after McCain made his proclamation,
the contributions began to flow. John Green, a lobbyist for EADS donated
$2,100 to the senator's presidential campaign. Ten days after that, Michelle
Lammers, the "Chief of Staff" for EADS North America, gave $250 to the
McCain campaign. It was her first political contribution ever. Less than
a month later, the long-time head of EADS' government affairs program,
Samuel Adcock, made a $2,100 donation to McCain. And eleven days later,
Ralph Crosby, the head of EADS North America, donated $2,300 himself."
... "All told, as documented earlier by CQ PoliticalMoneyline, McCain received
more than $15,000 from EADS and its subsidiary, Airbus North America. Not
only was this the highest amount received by any federal candidate, but
prior to 2006, not a single employee from EADS had ever contributed to
McCain. Two Airbus employees did donate nearly $4,000 for his 2000 run
at the White House." -By
Sam
Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
John
McCain
- US
- European
- Military
- Plane
- Manufacturing- Politics
- 2008
Election - Arizona
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Texas
- 
Illinois
- "McCain
Advisers Lobbied for Airbus." ... "Top current advisers
to [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator]
Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European
plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract,
taking sides in a bidding fight that McCain has tried to referee for more
than five years." ... "Two of the advisers gave up their lobbying work
when they joined McCain's campaign. A third, former Texas [Republican Representative]
Rep. Tom Loeffler, lobbied for the European Aeronautic Defence and Space
Co. while serving as McCain's national finance chairman." ... "EADS is
the parent company of Airbus, which teamed up with U.S.-based Northrop
Grumman Corp. to win the lucrative aerial refueling contract on Feb. 29.
Boeing Co. Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said in a statement Monday that
the Chicago[Illinois]-based aerospace company "found serious flaws in the
process that we believe warrant appeal."" ... "EADS retained Ogilvy Government
Relations and The Loeffler Group to lobby for the tanker deal last year,
months after McCain sent two letters urging the Defense Department to make
sure the bidding proposals guaranteed competition." ... "According to lobbying
records filed with the Senate, Loeffler Group lobbyists on the project
included Loeffler; Susan Nelson, who left the firm and is now the campaign's
finance director and former Secretary of the Navy William Ball III, who
has campaigned for McCain. Ogilvy lobbyist John Green, who was assigned
the EADS work, recently took a leave of absence to volunteer for McCain
as the campaign's congressional liaison." ... "So far this election cycle,
[EADS] company employees have donated $120,350 [in political contributions].
Of that, McCain's presidential campaign has received $14,000, the most
of any other member of Congress this election cycle." -By
Jim Kuhnhenn and Matthew Daly with contributions by Glen Johnson and Libby
Quaid -AP
via -SeattleTimes
John
McCain
- France
- European
Union - US
- Military
- Aircraft
- Manufacturers
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Money
- 
Jobs
- 2008
Election - Arizona
- Los
Angeles - 
California
- Seattle
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Washington
- Illinois
- "Boeing
backers blame McCain for losing deal." ... "Supporters
of The Boeing Co. blame [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential
nominee, for the company's failure to win the lucrative $35 billion contract
to build new Air Force aerial refueling tankers." ... "The Air Force last
week awarded the contract to a team of Airbus parent EADS and Northrop
Grumman Corp., triggering a firestorm from Boeing advocates who said the
victory by the European-led consortium ignored American national security
interests and would cost U.S. jobs." ... "Boeing advocates say McCain was
a major force behind the Air Force decision to ignore the issue of government
subsidies to Airbus when the tanker contract was put up for competitive
bidding last year." ... "The issue of European government subsidies for
Airbus has been raised for years by Boeing supporters who claim that those
financial breaks have allowed the Toulouse, France-based company to undercut
Boeing's prices and thus gain market share in the global competition between
the two aircraft manufacturers. (Both the U.S. and the European Union,
which claims Boeing also receives subsidies, have filed cases with the
World Trade Organization.)" ... "Boeing advocates assert that those same
subsidies helped European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. and Los-Angeles[California]-based
Northrop Grumman win the Air Force tanker project, with a value that could
eventually top $100 billion." ... ""The only reason that (Airbus) could
even bid a low price is because they receive a subsidy," said [Washington
Democratic Representative] Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., whose Seattle-area
district includes thousands of Boeing workers. "Senator McCain jumped into
this and said that they (the Air Force) could not look at the subsidy issue,
which I think is a big mistake," he told PBS." ... "McCain himself has
received support from the EADS North America executive suite. He has received
more than $12,000 in campaign donations from some of the company's top
U.S. officials, support that continued even as his presidential campaign
was foundering in mid- to late 2007." ... "McCain's donors include EADS
North America Chief Executive Officer Ralph Crosby and Senior Vice President
of Government Relations Samuel Adcock." ... ""The person that stopped (the
tanker) from going to a U.S. company was Senator McCain," said [Illinois
Democratic Represenative Rahm] Emanuel, "and now we are going to send major
high-paying jobs overseas."" -By Eric Rosenberg with
contributions by Daniel Lathrop -SeattlePI
