DeLay Trip Funded by Tribe and Lobbyist Arranged Junket
The Washington Post reports that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay traveled to Britain with his wife aides and lobbyists on a weeklong $70,000 trip largely funded by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and eLottery Inc. The trip, including golf at St Andrews, coincided with payments from Abramoff clients. DeLay listed the National Center for Public Policy Research as the sponsor, while critics note travel rules and disclosure questions. a center president said Abramoff secured funds to gain attention for their cause.
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Rice denies presidential hopes in 2008
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejects any plans to run for president in 2008. In a Washington Times interview she says she has never wanted to run for anything and cannot imagine herself in that role. A Siena poll earlier that year showed 42 percent of voters supported her candidacy.
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