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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (181507)	12/2/2009 1:00:50 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 362350

and of course eisenhower warned against the military industrial complex...

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (181507)	12/2/2009 1:01:21 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 362350

Calif. insurance companies report $12 billion invested in Iran; commissioner seeks divestment SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California to divest up to $12 billion in indirect investments in Iran's defense, nuclear, energy and banking industries. Commissioner Steve Poizner said he will urge the companies to voluntarily sell the investments they reported to his office. If they refuse to sell within 120 days, he plans to try to force the divestment so money paid by California policyholders is not flowing to a U.S.-listed state sponsor of terrorism. He also intends to subpoena executives from other companies that didn't provide the Iranian investment information to his office. Poizner, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor next year, is lining up support from other states' insurance regulators even as insurance companies object to a state-by-state approach they said could interfere with U.S. foreign policy. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, said he is consulting other states' commissioners to see if it is practical to develop a national effort similar to California's.