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Thompson defends his lobbying
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Contributor | Servo |
Last Edited | Servo Sep 20, 2007 11:17am |
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Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
News Date | Thursday, September 20, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Republican Fred Thompson opened a two-day Texas fundraising swing Wednesday, taking a subtle jab at rival Mitt Romney and fending off questions about his work as a lobbyist.
"I've represented all kinds of people as a federal prosecutor and defense lawyer, and half a dozen as lobbying clients," the GOP presidential hopeful said between campaign stops.
"I don't know anybody I ever represented who didn't deserve that representation," he said.
For over 20 years before and after serving as a senator from Tennessee, Mr. Thompson lobbied or consulted for a range of clients, including some who were controversial: two Libyan airline-bombing suspects, an abortion-rights group and toppled Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide. |
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