Abramoff duo quits U.S.

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I wonder who these two are?<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Abramoff duo quits U.S.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>By Josephine Hearn<br><br>Two former associates of Jack Abramoff, the embattled lobbyist, left the country Monday night en route to a new life in Israel. The relocation comes as a Justice Department taskforce presses forward with an investigation into potential criminal wrongdoing stemming from Abramoff’s business dealings.<br><br>Sam Hook and his wife Shana Tesler both worked with Abramoff at the law firm, Greenberg Traurig. Hook served as the registered agent for Grassroots Interactive, a lobbying venture tied to Abramoff that has reportedly been subpoenaed by the Justice Department taskforce.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/071305/abramoff.html">www.thehill.com/thehill/e...amoff.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Don't see much on him. She's a Democrat. From a bio:<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Shana Tesler works with top officials in the Legislative and Executive Branches on behalf of clients to promote their policy agendas in Washington. She drafts legislative language concerning client interests, and has done so on issues related to labor, education, employment, immigration, Native American sovereignty, Land-in-Trust, e-commerce, telecommunications, and appropriations. <br><br>[...]<br><br>Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Ms. Tesler worked at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as Special Assistant to the Director, Special Projects. In that role, she performed analyses of Federal Emergency Disaster Deployment policies for Region II compliance; coordinated and supervised ADD Deployment system for Region II disaster operations; and researched federal policy concerning disaster relief.<br><br>Prior to her work at FEMA, Ms. Tesler held two different positions at the White House, including one in the Office of the Chief of Staff and one in the Office of Cabinet Affairs. In the Office of the Chief of Staff, Ms. Tesler was Staff Assistant for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Politics, where she worked on policy and political projects of concern to the President. In the Office of Cabinet Affairs, Ms. Tesler was Federal Emergency Management Agency Liaison, coordinating Presidential disaster response and recovery with an inter-agency working group. In between her various positions at the White House, Ms. Tesler spent a year working as Director of Coordinated Scheduling, Cabinet Liaison for the National Democratic Committee (DNC). During her time at the DNC, not to mention her years at the White House, Ms. Tesler formed steadfast ties with Democratic officials across the country and at every level.<br><br>originally at:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cassidy.com/about/biodetail.asp?Id=102&Office=dc">www.cassidy.com/about/bio...;Office=dc</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>from the google cache:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:uknFDq6GXpYJ:www.cassidy.com/about/biodetail.asp%3FId%3D102%26Office%3Ddc+%22Shana+Tesler%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a">66.102.7.104/search?q=cac...=firefox-a</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>also available at:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.vhtlaw.com/about.html">www.vhtlaw.com/about.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>

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Wait, this is probably him:<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Sam Hook has extensive experience in the fields of financial, business and government consulting. Prior to becoming the Executive Director of FPS, he worked for the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. He then joined PriceWaterHouseCoopers in their Capital Markets group in New York. After moving to Washington, D.C. area, Sam worked for Arthur Andersen in their office of Government Services. After leaving Arthur Anderson, Sam joined Greenberg Traurig as Director of Federal Program Services. As it became clear that many organizations lacked the expertise to access the public and private resources avaliable to them, Sam established FPS to bring these resources to select clients. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.federalprogramservices.com/about.html">www.federalprogramservice...about.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

when in doubt..go to israel<br><br>hook? we know their line.<br><br>now who gots the sinker?<br><br>israel spy rings..one caught spy .. that larry something is still on pentagon payroll. nice work if ya can get it..and people complain about post office workers "double dippin."[ getting a retirement check from the military and the post office}.<br><br>YIKES!! dual citizens of usa and israel<br><br>where is their genuine allegiance?? <p></p><i></i>