firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 8/21/2008
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From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy and NBC's Aram Roston and NBC/NJ's Athena Jones On a conference call intended to discuss recent reports that a foreign policy advisor for the Obama campaign met with Syria’s foreign minister last month in Damascus, McCain senior foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann and Rudy Giuliani were instead peppered with questions about their personal histories and McCain’s VP selection process.
The call began with the two surrogates railing against Daniel ...
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McCain Campaign Attacks Former U.S. Ambassador To Israel
Wonk Room —
... adviser Daniel Kurtzer’s attending a legal conference in Damascus. McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann and Ru9y Giul1an1 both did their best to spin Kurtzer’s presence in Syria in the most sinister way possible, but unfortunately for Team McCain, the only traction the story has gotten thus far has focused on reporter Ron Kampeas of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency being cut off when he confronted Scheunemann and Giuliani on their history of lobbying for various foreign interests.
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... Barack Obama adviser Daniel Kurtzer’s attending a legal conference in Damascus. McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann and Ru9y Giul1an1 both did their best to spin Kurtzer’s presence in Syria in the most sinister way possible, but unfortunately for Team McCain, the only traction the story has gotten thus far has focused on reporter Ron Kampeas of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency being cut off when he confronted Scheunemann and Giuliani on their history of lobbying for various foreign interests.
...Scheunemann and Giuliani strongly implied ...
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