McCain Aide's Firm Lobbied For Georgia

McCain Aide's Firm Lobbied For Georgia
Washington Post: Campaign Dismisses Timing of Phone Call, Contract
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Aug. 13, 2008


Washingtonpost.com) This story was written by Matthew Mosk and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum.
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Sen. John McCain's top foreign policy adviser prepped his boss for an April 17 phone call with the president of Georgia and then helped the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prepare a strong statement of support for the fledgling republic.

The day of the call, a lobbying firm partly owned by the adviser, Randy Scheunemann, signed a $200,000 contract to continue providing strategic advice to the Georgian government in Washington.

The McCain campaign said Georgia's lobbying contract with Orion Strategies had no bearing on the candidate's decision to speak with President Mikheil Saakashvili and did not influence his statement. "The Embassy of Georgia requested the call," said campaign spokesman Brian Rogers.
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Any more questions on why McCain would have no problem with taking on Russia?