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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Drug Czar Pick Tied to Christian Rehab Linked to Contributor Charged with $3.5 Billion Fraud (Updated)]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/drug-czar-pick-earmarks-c_b_149614.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>If his opposition to <a href="http://stats.org/stories/2008/needle_exchange_drug_czar_dec03_08.html">needle exchange</a> and maintenance treatment for addictions isn't enough to convince you that Jim Ramstad isn't qualified to serve in Obama's cabinet as "drug czar," how about an earmark funding a Christian addiction "program" that uses outdated and abusive tactics and tries to "complete" Jews? Now add a connection between that program and a man who is charged with swindling investors out of <a href="http://www.startribune.com/business/35365704.html?elr=KArksi8D3PE7_8yc+D3aiUo8D3PE7_eyc+D3aiUeyc+D3aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU">$3.5 billion dollars.</a></p>

<p>That's right. Jim Ramstad was the sole sponsor of...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-09T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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