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The Politics of Oil
This investigation is basically a comprehensive examination of the political influence of the international oil industry. The Center for Public Integrity found that "Big Oil" has spent more than $440 million in the past 6 years on politicians and lobbyists in Washington. Oil companies from Indonesia, Venezuela, and the OPEC countries, among others, spent millions to enlist such Washington insiders as Bob Dole to protect their interests with the US government.
Tags: Energy; Oil; Gas; Koch Industries; OPEC; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; World Bank; Venezuela; Indonesia; CAR; campaign contributions; lobbyists; National Petroleum Council; ExxonMobil; ChevronTexaco; Justice Department
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Chamber of Horrors
The firing of nice guy Ben Haddad from the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce sheds light the troubling state of the organization that has a whooping 80 board members, high turnover, poor financial spending and rife with internal politics
Tags: chamber of commerce; California; Insight; Bob Dole; business; board of directors
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Washington's Other Scandal
The Bill Clinton/Bob Dole presidential campaign of 1996, which cost $2.2 billion dollars, was the most expensive in history, and one of the most corrupted. PBS Frontline shows how both parties contrived to bend and break the law, while Janet Reno reluctantly investigates White House fundraising and Senate Republicans bury campaign finance reform, Frontline pieces together the outlines of Washington's other scandal.
Tags: Elections; TAPE; (No script available)
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The Star finds that Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign collected tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, most of which were engineered by a vice-chairman of his campaign. The campaign official, who was a Boston millionaire hoping to win a foreign ambassadorship, funneled the cash through a Hong Kong bank account, then through employees of his company. In a separate scheme on the opposite side of the continent, a Las Vegas company that opposed a national tax on casinos unlawfully paid its executives and their wives to contribute to Dole. The total in illegal contributions exceeded $132,000. (April 21 - October 24, 1996)
Tags: Stephens CAR Ill-gotten gains Contest entry Politics Government 55 pgs.
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Mother Jones details Bob Dole's long history of providing political protection to the tobacco industry and spotlights the tobacco-affiliated advisors in his campaign and their often ruthless political maneuverings. (May/June 1996)
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The Nation looks at Bob Dole's war record and discovers that while Dole suffered wounds and performed his duty to his country during World War II, many of the stories surrounding his heroics are greatly exaggerated. (Aug. 12-19, 1996)
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The Nation investigates Bob Dole's connection to Koch Oil, a Kansas-based company accused of stealing more than $31 million in oil from Native Americans and other producers. After a group of small businessmen testified against Koch, Dole and other senators supported by the Kochs, launched a campaign to discredit witnesses. (Aug. 26 - Sept. 2, 1996)
Tags: Parry Dole what wouldn't Bob do for Koch Oil? Campaign finance Elections Conflict of interest 9 pgs.
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Tobacco Strikes Back
Mother Jones investigates the tobacco industry's secret comeback strategy for the 1996 election campaign. The story includes a look at presidential hopeful Bob Dole and his connections to the tobacco industry. The article also covers how GOP governors secretly help "Big Tobacco," how the FDA tries to fight tobacco, how the Christian Coalition has tied itself to the tobacco industry, and the media's failures in covering the issues surrounding cigarette and tobacco use. (May - June 1996)
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The Doomsday Man
Vanity Fair investigates the power of Pat Robertson over the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed, the Republican Right, and Bob Dole in an election year. Robertson preaches the word of God in a political arena, believes the world will end in four years, and makes millions off of his religious broadcasts and other businesses. Is Robertson the man America wants dictating terms in the 1996 presidential election? (July 1996)
Tags: Prochnau Parker The Doomsday Man Elections Religion 13 pgs.
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Blood on the Campaign Trail
The Nation investigates numerous conflicts of interest arising from Elizabeth Dole's heading of the American Red Cross before and during her husband Bob Dole's bid for presidential election. Dole used her position of power in the organization to guide important Red Cross actions, both managerial and scientific, with a political sensitivity to what might help or hurt Bob Dole's presidential ambitions. (July 1, 1996)
Tags: Heller Blood on the campaign trail AIDS Christian Coalition 10 pgs.