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WALL STREET JOURNAL: Panetta Earned $700,000 in Speaking and Consulting Fees, Forms Show. “The Whi…
Instapundit —
... WALL STREET JOURNAL: Panetta Earned $700,000 in Speaking and Consulting Fees, Forms Show. “The White House’s nominee for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008, with some of the payments coming from troubled banks and an investment firm that owns companies that do business with federal national security agencies.” ...
Now We Are Just Haggling Over The Price
JustOneMinute —
Leon Panetta, nominated to head the CIA, took in over $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees. But he paid his taxes! So, is this the sort of revolving door, cashing in on power, Washington business as usual that Obama ...
Now It's Panetta's Turn
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama's pick to head the CIA will go before the Senate intelligence committee Thursday for his confirmation hearing.
Plus: ...
A non-story, at least for now
Power Line —
... The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Leon Panetta, President Obama's nominee for CIA director, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008. The Journal says that some of the payments came from "troubled financial firms" and from "a firm that invests in contractors for federal national security agencies." The "troubled financial firms" are Merrill Lynch and Wachovia, before whose big-shots Panetta made speeches. The "firm that invests in contractors for national security agencies" is Carlyle Group, a private equity firm ...
The Millionaire Good-Ol'-Boys Club, and ... Obama breaks another promise
Wizbang —
... in consulting and speaking fees since leaving the Senate in 2004. And today we learned that Leon Panetta, tapped by President Obama to head the CIA, earned over $700,000 in consulting and speaking fees during 2008, $84,000 of which was paid by Merrill Lynch and Wachovia Bank. In light of these revelations, I'd like to add an amendment to President Obama's limits on executive salaries: Any former government employee or elected public servant earning more than $500,000 a year in consulting and speaking fees is permanently disqualified from ever again holding an appointed ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... than the leader of al Qaeda was accurate.
"I don't know if that [quotation] is accurate, but I believe it and I support it," said Mr. Kennedy, who has been involved in a vigorous legal effort against the meat industry for some years, arguing that manure and other products associated with large livestock producers emit toxic wastes that threaten the environment.
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The guy is an unhinged leftist environmentalist. He will never be elected to any office.
CIA Nominee and Whored Out Democrat Lobbyist Leon Panetta Received $700,000 in Fees
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... CIA Nominee and Whored Out Democrat Lobbyist Leon Panetta Received $700,000 in Fees
The White House's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008, with ...
Now It's Panetta's Turn
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama's pick to head the CIA will go before the Senate intelligence committee Thursday for his confirmation hearing.
Plus: ...
Will Panetta be next on the chopping block?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The Wall Street Journal reports that Leon Panetta made over $700,000 in speaking fees to interest groups last year, some of which came from firms tied to the economic collapse. Will this derail the former Clinton chief of staff from taking over at the CIA? If his ...
Shock of the Day
N/A —
... I am shocked, shocked to discover CIA Dude to Be in Charge “Leon Panetta, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008“, and some of the cash came from financial firms and national security contractors. But I’m not as shocked as ...
