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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2789)	4/5/2003 1:59:57 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 6945

Here's a gem of a quote from Richard Perle: <<< ... In 1989, after seven years of boosting Turkey inside the Pentagon as a Bush I appointee, Perle helped found International Advisors Inc., which lobbied for Turkey. Perle negotiated his way around federal regulations that prevent Pentagon officials from immediately serving interests, like Turkey, that they recently dealt with in an official capacity. He told the Wall Street Journal's John J. Fialka he wouldn't lobby the Pentagon on behalf of Turkey but he would head the firm's advisory committee, for which he was paid $48,000 a year between 1989 and 1994. In the Journal piece, the ethical Perle stated: " I find very distasteful this business where people leave the government and the next thing you know, they're on the other side of the table negotiating with the U.S." Perhaps this was Perle's way of saying it's more ethical to stay inside government and negotiate with the U.S. than to spin through the revolving door and negotiate from the outside ... >>> slate.msn.com