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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Ashcroft - two years later, still inducing nausea
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Saturday, August 12, 2006

Ashcroft - two years later, still inducing nausea

the united states of big business and big money, where only a revolving door separates government from the corporate conference room...
Nearly two years after he left the Justice Department for a glass-and-marble office tower six blocks away, Ashcroft is building a lucrative consulting company helping security and other firms find business with federal agencies. Federal spending on homeland security is expected to reach nearly $60 billion in fiscal 2007, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

key words:

lucrative
consulting
business
federal agencies
$60 billion

words invisible to the naked eye:

incestuous
corrupt
influence-peddling
lobbying
earmarks

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