Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (54 page)

28
Kenneth P. Vogel, “Locke’s China work complicates bid,”
Politico
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

29
Ted Van Dyk, “President Obama: Spice up the honeymoon,”
Crosscut.com
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

30
Stefan Sharkansky, “Public Non-Disclosure,”
Sound Politics
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

31
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims, January 15, 2009; available online at:
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/800812.opn.pdf
[accessed April 12, 2009].

32
Stefan Shaarkansky, “Sharkansky v King County,”
Sound Politics
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

33
Stefan Sharkansky, “Speaking of Ron Sims,”
Sound Politics
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[accessed April 24, 2009].

34
Barack Obama, “Memorandum For The Heads Of Executive Departments and Agencies,” The White House, January 21, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

35
Cited in OG-Blog, “AP Story on Obama-Appointee Ron Sims’ Horrible Open Gov’t Track Record,” Open-Government Blog, March 22, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

36
Byron York, “Michelle Obama: ‘Don’t Go Into Corporate America,” The Corner, February 29, 2008; available online at:
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

37
Kenneth P. Vogel, “Lawyers cash out to join administration,”
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

38
Daphne Eviatar, “Eric Holder: the $2 Million Nominee,”
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[accessed April 12, 2009].

39
Andrew Longstreth, “Making History With Obama,”
The American Lawyer
, June 5, 2008; available online at:
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

40
Ibid.

41
U.S. Department of Justice, “Chiquita Brands International Pleads Guilty to Making Payments to a Designated Terrorist Organization And Agrees to Pay $25 Million Fine,” press release #07-161, March 19, 2007; available online at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/March/07_nsd_161.html
[accessed April 13, 2009].

42
Daphne Eviatar, “Left Holds Holder Concerns,”
Washington Independent
, January 14, 2009; available online at:
http://washingtonindependent.com/25595/left-holds-holder-concerns
[accessed April 13, 2009].

43
Andrew Longstreth, “Making History With Obama,” op cit.

44
Marc Falkoff, ed.,
Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak
(Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 2007).

45
Debra Burlingame, “From Gitmo to Miranda, With Love,”
Wall Street Journal
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

46
Gordon Cucullu, “Holder’s conflict of interest,”
New York Post
, February 26, 2009.

47
Joe Palazzolo, “Some Justice Department Lawyers Have Gitmo Conflicts,”
Legal Times
, March 2, 2009; available online at:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202428688933
[accessed April 13, 2009].

48
Ibid.

49
Chris Fusco, “Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire,”
Chicago Sun-Times
, December 17, 2008; available online at:
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

50
David Corn, “Why Eric Holder Represents What’s Wrong with Washington,”
Mother Jones
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

51
Shannon P. Duffy, “Merck to Pay $671 Million to Settle Whistle-blower Suits,”
The Legal Intelligencer
, February 8, 2008; available online at:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202426501094
[accessed April 13, 2009].

52
“Merck to pay $671 million to settle fraud cases,”
Los Angeles Times
, February 8, 2008; available online at:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/08/business/fi-merck8
[accessed April 13, 2009].

53
Josh Meyer and Tom Hamburger, “Eric Holder pushed for controversial clemency,”
Los Angeles Times
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

54
Andrew C. McCarthy, “Opposed to Holder without Apology,”
National Review Online
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55
Brian Blomquist, “Memos Add To Furor Over Rich’s Pardon,”
New York Post
, February 2, 2001.

56
“Senate Confirmation Hearings: Eric Holder, Day One,”
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57
Carrie Johnson, “A Split at Justice on D.C. Vote Bill,”
Washington Post
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

58
Edward Whelan, “Look Who’s Politicizing Justice Now,”
Washington Post
, April 5, 2009; available online at:
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ml [accessed April 13, 2009].

59
“A Way to Pay off the Deficit,” blog,
New York Times
; available online at:
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[accessed May 14, 2010].

60
“Trade Nominee Ron Kirk to Pay $10,000 in Back Taxes,” FOX News; available online at:
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[accessed May 14, 2010].

61
Jeff Zeleny, “Kirk Agrees to Pay Back Taxes,”
New York Times
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[accessed May 14, 2010].

62
“Sen. Cornyn Introduces Trade Rep. Nominee Ron Kirk At Senate Finance Committee Confirmation Hearing,” March 9, 2009; available online at:
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63
Brian Montopoli, “Another Obama Nominee Has Tax Issues,” March 31, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed May 14, 2010].

64
United States Senate Committee on Finance, “Hearing to Consider the Nomination of Kathleen G. Sebelius,” April 2, 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

65
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, “Hilda Solis: A Profile In Courage,”
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66
Soren Dayton, “Hilda Solis long-time SEIU ally; supported in Dem primary in 2000 against incumbent,” The Next Right, December 19, 2008; available online at:
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67
Philip Klein, “Labor’s Girl: Hilda Solis’s Long Struggle for Unions,” Capital Research Center Labor Watch, February 2009; available online at:
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[accessed April 13, 2009].

68
Greg Sargent, “Labor Leaders Hail Obama’s Pick for Labor Secretary,” TPM Election Central, December 18, 2008; available online at:
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69
Ruth Marcus, “Hearings and Evasions,”
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70
Ibid.

71
Lisa Mascaro, “Card check issue stalls panel’s vote on nominee,”
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72
Hans A. von Spakovsky, “The Nominee Who Lobbied Herself,”
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73
“Senators should ask Solis why she approved campaign spots paid for by her non-profit,”
Washington Examiner
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74
Kevin Bogardus, “Solis affidavit moves Labor bid forward,”
The Hill
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75
Matt Kelley, “Tax snafus add up for Obama team,”
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76
Alina Selyukh, “A Precedent For ‘Unprecedented’ Bipartisanship,”
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77
Alex Altman, “Transportation Secretary: Ray LaHood,”
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78
Karen McDonald, “LaHood showed 18th District the money,”
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