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20080813
 John
McCain -  Randy
Scheunemann -  Politics
-  Georgia
-  Russia
-  Taiwan
-  Macedonia
-  Romania
- Latvia
-  US
-  Law
-  2008
Election
"McCain
adviser got money from Georgia." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain's chief foreign policy adviser
and his business partner lobbied the senator or his staff on 49 occasions
in a 3 1/2-year span while being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars
by the government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia." ... "The payments
raise ethical questions about the intersection of Randy Scheunemann's personal
financial interests and his advice to the Republican presidential candidate
who is seizing on Russian aggression in Georgia as a campaign issue." ...
""Scheunemann's work as a lobbyist poses valid questions about McCain's
judgment in choosing someone who — and whose firm — are paid to promote
the interests of other nations," said New York University law professor
Stephen Gillers. "So one must ask whether McCain is getting disinterested
advice, at least when the issues concern those nations."" ... ""If McCain
wants advice from someone whose private interests as a once and future
lobbyist may affect the objectivity of the advice, that's his choice to
make."" ... "Scheunemann's firm lobbied McCain's office on four bills and
resolutions regarding Georgia, with McCain as a co-sponsor or supporter
of all of them." ... "In addition to the 49 contacts with McCain or his
staff regarding Georgia, Scheunemann's firm has lobbied the senator or
his aides on at least 47 occasions since 2001 on behalf of the governments
of Taiwan and Macedonia, which each paid Scheunemann and his partner Mike
Mitchell over half a million dollars; Romania, which paid over $400,000;
and Latvia, which paid nearly $250,000." -By Pete
Yost -AP via
-Yahoo
20080522
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John
McCain -
 Randy
Scheunemann -  Money
- Politics
-  Foreign
- Republic
of Georgia - Latvia
- Macedonia
- Romania
-  Ky
-  Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - "Former
Outside NRA Lobbyist Gives A Boost To McCain." ...
"When he went to woo the National Rifle Association convention in Louisville,
Ky. [Kentucky], on Friday, it did not hurt that presumptive Republican
presidential nominee, [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
and Senator] Sen. John McCain of Arizona, was accompanied by a former
outside NRA [National Rifle Association] lobbyist turned campaign adviser,
Randy
Scheunemann." ... "Officially the top foreign policy and national security
adviser to McCain’s campaign, Scheunemann told National Journal in March
he has weighed in with advice on Second Amendment and firearms issues.
He said he had stopped lobbying for all his clients early this year, and
his lobbying registration forms show that the NRA work ended at the end
of 2007." ... "But during that year while he was helping the [McCain] campaign,
Scheunemann & Associates, one of two boutique firms he runs, received
$40,000 in fees from the NRA. The NRA, one of his oldest clients, paid
him the same amount for several prior years. Scheunemann, who started working
for the campaign as a volunteer in early 2007, did not return four calls
seeking comment for this story." ... "According to one NRA lobbyist who
was at the convention, Scheunemann arrived and departed with McCain. Scheunemann
spent most of his time at the event backstage -- where McCain had a brief
meeting with NRA leaders, according to a lobbyist." ... "Scheunemann’s
other lobbying firm, Orion Strategies, has worked for several foreign governments,
including [the Republic of] Georgia, Latvia, Macedonia and Romania, who
have joined or are seeking to join NATO." -By Peter
Stone -NationalJournal
20050602
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-  Netherlands
- "Latvia
ratifies EU constitution: Message from 'new Europe'
that expansion should continue." ... "After several European leaders urged
other member states to press ahead with the endorsement process after convincing
rejections in the French and Dutch referendums, Latvia's 100 member parliament
voted 71 for the constitution with 5 votes against and 6 abstaining."
-Reuters via -CNN
20030318
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- "State
Department Noon Briefing Transcript [List of the 30 Nations Supporting
US Disarmament of Iraq]." ... "BRIEFER: Richard
Boucher, Spokesman." ... "MR. BOUCHER: There are 30 countries who have
agreed to be part of the coalition for the immediate disarmament of Iraq.
I'd have to say these are countries that we have gone to and said, "Do
you want to be listed?" and they have said, "Yes."" ... "They are: Afghanistan,
Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark,
El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy,
Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua,
the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom,
and Uzbekistan." ... "In addition to these countries, there are actually
another 15 or so that we know of, probably more than 15, that are cooperating
with us in -- and the coalition, or perhaps offering defensive assets in
the event that Saddam resorts to the use of weapons of mass destruction."
-Washington
File -State.gov
20030313
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- "Ex-Soviet
bloc states line up with U.S. against 'old' Europe:
Central, Eastern European governments back anti-Hussein efforts." ... "Brushing
aside French tirades that they should "shut up," the nations of Eastern
Europe are flexing newfound diplomatic muscle, and nowhere is this more
evident than in their strong support for President Bush in the confrontation
with Iraq." ... "While continental heavyweights such as France and Germany,
along with Russia, remain staunchly opposed to a U.S.-led attack, neophytes
such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland and Slovakia -- all of whom recently emerged from the Soviet yoke
-- are standing by Washington. In the Security Council, it was Bulgaria
that joined the United States, Britain and Spain in pushing resolutions
setting a deadline for Iraq to surrender its weapons." -By
Steven C. Johnson -SFGate.com
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