Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

Excerpts from this story referencing "foreign policy adviser":

"… conservative American Enterprise Institute. Henry Kissinger is one of his foreign policy advisers.McCain’s reformist rhetoric brought a response from his opponent, Georg …"

"… ly as June 1999.While Davis and Ken Duberstein lobby for gaming companies, foreign policy adviser Richard Burt is vice chairman of one. The gaming industry has given more m …"

"… chief negotiator for the START I treaty with the Soviet Union and a McCain foreign policy adviser, was chairman of Powerhouse Technologies, Inc., from 1994 through June 199 …"

An uncivil war: The battle of Loudon

By Dusty Smith

An uncivil war: The battle of Loudon

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… trip, set to reach $9.60 for rush-hour traffic by 2012.America Online and MCI placed their headquarters in Loudoun. MCI is now part of Verizon, headquar …"

"… affic by 2012.America Online and MCI placed their headquarters in Loudoun. MCI is now part of Verizon, headquartered in New York, while AOL merged with T …"

Winning contractors

U.S. contractors reap the windfalls of post-war reconstruction

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… nies won contracts for work in Iraq, including ChevronTexaco, JPMorgan and MCI/WorldCom.ChevronTexaco, a major U.S. government contractor and political p …"

"… llars flow through the Trade Bank for financing large development projects.MCI, formerly WorldCom, was hired by the Pentagon to build a wireless phone ne …"

"… wireless phone network for officials and aid workers in the Baghdad area. MCI's reconstruction activities in Iraq were not disclosed in documents the De …"

"… ided to the Center under a Freedom of Information Act request. However, an MCI spokesperson said the Pentagon-led Coalition Provisional Authority awarded …"

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Contracts with provisional authorities

By Kevin Baron, Neil Gordon and Laura Peterson

Some players in Iraq got their business from Baghdad and Kabul

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… gan Chase, oil giant Chevron/Texaco and global telecommunications provider MCI—have won contracts from the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, the …"

"… d of December 2003.Like the J.P. Morgan Chase and ChevronTexaco contracts, MCI's reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan were not disclosed in …"

"… Information Act request. Media and company sources, however, indicate that MCI has or had post-war business dealings in both countries.For instance, afte …"

"… in 2003, the Associated Press reported that the Defense Department picked MCI to build a wireless phone network for officials and aid workers in the Bag …"

Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Tracking the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, $1 trillion and up

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… gan Chase, oil giant Chevron/Texaco and global telecommunications provider MCI—have won contracts from the provisional governments in Kabul and Baghdad …"

Phone fund for schools, libraries riddled with fraud

Government officials say they don't have the resources to fix the Universal Service Fund

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… 25 billion per year.Long distance telephone companies such as AT&T and MCI, who have traditionally been forced to collect the majority of the Univers …"

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Baby Bells paying to play

By John Dunbar

Bells paid two-thirds of fines and settlements since Jan. 2000

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… e SBC Communications, Verizon and Qwest have been at war with AT&T and MCI as both sides have sought to gain a competitive advantage. U.S. Sen. John …"

"… rules were set to expire after the Court rejected a request from AT&T, MCI and other companies to issue a stay.The Bells have been big contributors t …"

"… f comparison, the three major long-distance telephone companies, AT&T, MCI and Sprint, have contributed a combined $59,160 to the Bush campaign.In ad …"

"… ents with selected competitors may not be offered to larger companies like MCI and AT&T which pose a much greater competitive threat.Qwest rejects an …"

Bells vs. AT&T

By Daniel Lathrop

Telephone companies spend hundreds of millions to influence policy

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… ontributors are: Verizon ($116,000), AT&T ($31,000), SBC ($29,000) and MCI ($23,000). Together the Bells gave Kerry a bit more than half of the money …"

Nice work if you can get it

By John Dunbar

Political patronage rules in state utility commissions

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… rvice Commission as well: Allen Freifeld was chief regulatory attorney for MCI in the Mid-Atlantic region from 1996 through 2002; Ronald Guns was a longt …"

The 700 (MHz) Club

By Brendan McGarry

When lobbying the FCC, sometimes less is more

Excerpts from this story referencing "MCI":

"… s chief telecommunications lobbyist, Richard Whitt—a former attorney for MCI (now part of Verizon), who was hired in February and also lobbies on this …"

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