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20081030
Sarah
Palin - Money
- Politics
- Family
- Travel
- Flights
- 2008
Election
"Palin
faces new ethics complaint over kids' travel." ...
"A new ethics complaint has been filed against [2008 Election Republican
Vice Presidential Candidate and Alaska Governor] Sarah Palin, accusing
the Alaska governor of abusing her power by charging the state when her
children traveled with her." ... "The complaint alleges that the Republican
vice presidential nominee used her official position as governor for personal
gain, violating a statute of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. It
follows a report by The Associated Press last week that Palin charged the
state more than $21,000 for her three daughters' commercial flights, including
events where they weren't invited, and later ordered their expense forms
amended to specify official state business." ... "In some cases, Palin
also has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls." ... ""Governor
Palin intentionally secured unwarranted benefits for family members, improperly
used state property to benefit her personal and financial interests, and
illegally altered documents that were the subject of a Public Records request,"
the complaint states." ... "Earlier this month, a legislative report found
Palin violated state ethics laws when she fired her public safety commissioner."
... "The state already is reviewing nearly $17,000 in per diem payments
to Palin for 312 nights she slept at her home in Wasilla [Alaska], about
an hour's drive from her satellite office in Anchorage [Alaska]." -By
Rachel D'Oro -AP
via -BostonGlobe
20080910
Sarah
Palin - Money
- Politics
- Children
- Travel
- Meals
- Alaska
- 2008
Election
"Palin
expensed her children's air travel to the state."
... "Since [2008 Election Republican Vice Presidential Candidate and Alaska
Governor] Gov. Sarah Palin took office nearly two years ago, the state
of Alaska has routinely bought commercial airline tickets for her daughters
when they travel with her, a practice that raises questions about the governor's
claim to being a fiscal conservative." ... "Travel records from the governor's
office show that the state has spent at least $31,800 on dozens of airline
tickets for the family, and more for meals and hotels." ... "Records show
the family has traveled with Palin for events such as the Alaska Federation
of Natives convention in Fairbanks [Alaska] last fall and to shoot official
first family photos in Juneau [Alaska's capital], to draw raffle tickets
at an event in Anchorage [Alaska] and to tour a teen center spearheaded
by the Juneau Christian Center. " -By Kyle Hopkins
-ADN.com via -McClatchyDC.com
20080905
Sarah
Palin - John
McCain - Money
- Politics
- Accounting
- Alaska
- Wisconsin
- 2008
Election
"Plane
Not Sold on eBay." ... "One of the compelling anecdotes
about [2008 Election Republican Vice Presidential Candidate] Sarah Palin
is that she auctioned off the Alaska governor's jet on eBay after taking
office -- a swift move made by a reformer hoping to clean up the excesses
of her predecessor." ... "But in fact, the jet did not sell on eBay. It
was sold to a businessman from Valdez named Larry Reynolds, who paid $2.1
million for the jet, shy of the original $2.7 million purchase price, according
to contemporaneous news reports, including a story in the
New York Times." ... "Dan Spencer, the director of administrative services
for Alaska's Public Safety Department, said that the Republican speaker
of the Alaska House, John L. Harris, brokered the deal. Reynolds made campaign
contributions to both Palin and Harris in 2006 and 2007." ... "But that
hasn't stopped Palin, or John McCain, from implying -- and, on Friday,
claiming outright -- that Palin did sell the jet on the Internet." ...
""You know what I enjoyed the most? She took the luxury jet that was acquired
by her predecessor and sold it on eBay -- and made a profit!" [2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain declared in Wisconsin at
a campaign stop on Friday." -By Anne E. Kornblut -WashingtonPost
20080805
John
McCain - Rick
Davis - Foreign
- Corporate
- Politics
- Airport
- Transport
- Jobs
- 2008
Election - Obama
- Ohio
- Ky
- Arizona
- US
- German
"McCain
had role in original Wilmington DHL deal." ... "When
[2008 Election] Republican presidential candidate John McCain meets Thursday
with citizens and officials in Wilmington, Ohio, he won't need a playbook
to understand why they're worried about deep job losses at the local freight
airport." ... "Little known to those citizens, McCain and his campaign
manager, Rick Davis, played roles in the fate of DHL Express and its Ohio
air park as far back as 2003. Back then, however, their actions that helped
DHL and its German owner, Deutsche Post World Net, acquire the Wilmington
operations resulted in expansion, not retraction." ... "In a private meeting
Thursday, Wilmington residents will ask McCain for help in stopping DHL's
proposal to quit using the airport as a hub, which could cost more than
8,000 jobs. DHL says that it wants to stay in the freight business but
that it can stem financial losses if it can put its packages aboard the
planes of a rival - United Parcel Service - before delivering them in DHL
trucks. UPS flies out of Louisville, Ky. [Kentucky], so the proposed change
would render the Wilmington airport unnecessary." ... "None of that was
anticipated in 2003, when McCain and Davis, who was a Washington lobbyist
before managing the presidential campaign, first got involved. Several
Wilmington civic leaders said that what happened in 2003 created an economic
gain for their community, lasting several years." ... "But because that
gain, and now the prospective loss, came from the decisions of a foreign-owned
corporation, look for some Democrats and labor to seek to tie Wilmington's
current troubles to McCain." ... ""Those jobs are on the chopping block
because [Arizona Senator] Sen. McCain and his campaign were involved in
a deal that resulted in control of those positions being shifted to a foreign
corporation, and there's no getting around that," said Joe Rugola, president
of the Ohio AFL-CIO." ... "Isaac Baker, a spokesman for [2008 Election]
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, said, "This episode represents
everything that's wrong with Washington, D.C." " -By
Stephen Koff -PlainDealer
20080630
John
McCain - Tom
Loeffler - Susan
E Nelson - Gordon
England - EADS
- European
- Military
- Aircraft
- Manufacturing
- Politics
- Government
- Auditors
- 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
20080608
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
Youtube
channel.
20080605
Secret
- US
- Iraq
- Military
- Airspace
- Corporate
- Law
- Politics
- McCain
- Obama
- 2008
Election
"Revealed:
Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control: [Republican
President] Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and
legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors." ... "A secret
deal being negotiated in Baghdad [Iraq's capital] would perpetuate the
American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome
of the [United States] US presidential [2008] election in November." ...
"The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to
The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq.
Iraqi officials fear that the accord, under which US troops would occupy
permanent bases, conduct military operations, arrest Iraqis and enjoy immunity
from Iraqi law, will destabilise Iraq's position in the Middle East and
lay the basis for unending conflict in their country." ... "But the accord
also threatens to provoke a political crisis in the US. President Bush
wants to push it through by the end of next month so he can declare a military
victory and claim his 2003 invasion has been vindicated. But by perpetuating
the US presence in Iraq, the long-term settlement would undercut pledges
by the [2008 Election] Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to
withdraw US troops if he is elected president in November." ... "The timing
of the agreement would also boost the Republican [2008 Election Presidential]
candidate, John McCain, who has claimed the United States is on the verge
of victory in Iraq – a victory that he says Mr Obama would throw away by
a premature military withdrawal." ... "America currently has 151,000 troops
in Iraq and, even after projected withdrawals next month, troop levels
will stand at more than 142,000 – 10 000 more than when the military "surge"
began in January 2007. Under the terms of the new treaty, the Americans
would retain the long-term use of more than 50 bases in Iraq. American
negotiators are also demanding immunity from Iraqi law for US troops and
contractors, and a free hand to carry out arrests and conduct military
activities in Iraq without consulting the Baghdad government." ... "The
precise nature of the American demands has been kept secret until now.
The leaks are certain to generate an angry backlash in Iraq. "It is a terrible
breach of our sovereignty," said one Iraqi politician, adding that if the
security deal was signed it would delegitimise the government in Baghdad
which will be seen as an American pawn." ... "The US has repeatedly denied
it wants permanent bases in Iraq but one Iraqi source said: "This is just
a tactical subterfuge." Washington also wants control of Iraqi airspace
below 29,000ft and the right to pursue its "war on terror" in Iraq, giving
it the authority to arrest anybody it wants and to launch military campaigns
without consultation." ... "Mr Bush is determined to force the Iraqi government
to sign the so-called "strategic alliance" without modifications, by the
end of next month." -By Patrick Cockburn
-Independent.co.uk
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