From: George Sherwood 

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:24:04 -0800, Jeff Shultz wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:50:28 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:
>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1666840,00.html
>>
>> Bush friend linked to top job in Russian oil industry
>>
>> "Donald Evans, who was until early this year US commerce secretary, has
>> been offered the position of head of the board of directors of Rosneft by
>> the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the respected business daily,
>> Kommersant, reported yesterday."
>
> I wonder if that had anything to do with Gerhard Schroeder's little
> sweetheart deal with the Russians?

The Schroeder deal seems to smell quite a bit more though.  Signs the deal
a couple weeks before leaving office and then takes the big payoff.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1665961,00.html

But it isn't anti-US so we don't hear much out of the Euros.  Just fits in
with this definition of anti-Americanism.

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2005/12/true-character-of-european-left.html

George

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