AP: Ridge Spent Time With Lobbyist
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As the Homeland Security Department was starting up, Secretary Tom Ridge twice stayed overnight at the Arizona home of a wealthy friend who ran a lobbying firm that was aggressively expanding its homeland security business.
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Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, the former governor and US Army sergeant who became linked in the public mind with color-coded warnings of possible terrorist
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Lobbyist Robert S. Nichols was, and in many ways still is, a spokesman for the Treasury Department.
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Terrorists still hope to disrupt the U.S. democratic process even though the presidential nominating conventions and other high-profile gatherings this summer went off without incident, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday.
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Attorney General John Ashcroft, a fierce conservative who generated controversy with his tough tactics in the war on terror, and Commerce Secretary
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The Jack Abramoff scandal has incited predictable outrage among Washington's political class this year, and with the midterm elections approaching, candidates across the country are promising to clean up the city's lobbying culture. Ned Lamont, Connecticut's upstart Democratic candidate for Senate,...
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Disgraced US lobbyist Jack Abramoff had wider links with the White House than it has admitted, an inquiry finds.
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One of the house parties sponsored by the Republican candidate uses the Sept. 11 date for fund-raising.
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Wednesday's appearance by former Justice official Monica Goodling has provided congressional Democrats with more subjects for possible investigation.
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Republican Mitt Romney said Thursday he could govern in the country's best interest because "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign," although Washington insiders are on his senior staff and registered lobbyists are top advisers.
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Hank Morris, chief strategist and image maker, appears to have earned more than just political consulting fees from his relationship with Alan G. Hevesi.
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Rep. Henry A. Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, called on the White House yesterday to turn over all documents in its files that relate to lobbying efforts by Jack Abramoff.
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Former deputy interior secretary J. Steven Griles asked lobbyist Jack Abramoff for many favors for close female friends and in exchange helped Abramoff's clients at the government agency, according to prosecutors, who urged a federal judge to give Griles substantial prison time.
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After a year in which he alienated many of his allies, Gov. Eliot Spitzer is seeking the advice of lobbyists.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 -- A Republican congressman from California defended his reputation this week, as FBI investigators look into charges that he improperly delayed paying taxes on several lucrative land deals.
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WASHINGTON - By one important measure, Tom Ridge had a successful run as US Homeland Security chief: There has not been a major terrorist attack on American soil since Sept.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed centralizing and expanding the regulation of lobbyists to reduce the influence of special interest money in Washington.