1.0 link 120123 <![CDATA[McCain's Russia Lobbyists Confuse Georgia Defense]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20/what-about-the-russia-lob_n_120123.html In the wake of John McCain's forceful rebuke of Russia for sending invading forces into Georgia, scrutiny has been placed on the role McCain's chief foreign policy guru, Randy Scheunemann, played lobbying on behalf of the former Soviet country.

Asked whether Scheunemann's financial ties have influenced his hard anti-Russian stance, McCain deployed a curious form of political self-defense. I am pleased, he told USA Today, to have friends "who also believe in freedom and democracy." Earlier, McCain spokeswoman Nichole...

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