"Conflict of interest? Why would you ask if I have that?"
Posted on 09/08/2009 10:09:34 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama's nominee at the Department of Homeland Security overseeing bioterrorism defense has served as a key adviser for a lobbying group funded by the pharmaceutical industry that has asked the government to spend more money for anthrax vaccines and biodefense research.
But Dr. Tara O'Toole, whose confirmation as undersecretary of science and technology is pending, never reported her involvement with the lobbying group called the Alliance for Biosecurity in a recent government ethics filing.
The alliance has spent more than $500,000 lobbying Congress and federal agencies -- including Homeland Security -- since 2005, congressional records show.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
The list, ping
Operation Drum Beat - Let us keep this up until AT LEAST the NOV elections...
"Conflict of interest? Why would you ask if I have that?"
Bookmarked...
Most open and ethical administration.......yada, yada, yada....
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