Myanmar and McCain - the Dirty Connection


	Myanmar and McCain - the Dirty Connection

seriousnews

5-12-2008 8:32 PM

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myanmar, burma, doug goodyear, mccain, lobbyists, ethics

seriousnews says:

John McCain has become linked to the military junta of Myanmar at an embarrassing time, as one of his top aides was caught working for dictatorship. Now reasonable people may wonder - what other projects are all those other lobbyists on the McCain campaign working on, on the side?

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