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To: Brumar89 who wrote (373658)	3/11/2008 3:40:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574855

But dodging wasn't the only maneuver that saved the company. As fortune would have it, this company that had never experienced such a down turn had a card up its sleeve. Amgen had an option that was not bound by the limitations of market forces. Amgen had a newly minted Speaker of the House with a portion of the company in her district, her former senior policy advisor in charge of the company's government affairs, and her own financial investment in a company which leased the rights to sell Amgen's most successful drug. Amgen is headquartered in LA; Pelosi is from SFO. Any operation in Pelosi's district is very small and not worth extending her neck. Like most conservatives, your author is paranoid.