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According to [[United Nations]] investigations, in the 1990s Timmons was involved with entrepreneur Samir Vincent and public relations consultant John Venners in attempts to get an oil deal with [[Iraq]] and to put an end to the sanctions that prevented Iraq from selling oil.<ref> |
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| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=AYHoTJyVOcUC&pg=PA7&dq=%22William+Timmons%22+hussein+%22Samir+Vincent%22&ei=PBxcSauoDoX-kwTLlYlZ#PPA7,M1 }}</ref> According to freelance investigative journalist [[Murray Waas]], "During the same period beginning in 1992, Timmons worked closely with the two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and [[Tongsun Park]], on a previously unreported prospective deal with the Iraqis in which they hoped to be awarded a contract to purchase and resell Iraqi oil. ... Timmons previously told investigators that he did not know that either Vincent or Park were acting as unregistered agents of Iraq."<ref>Murray Waas, "[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/mccain-transition-chief-a_n_134595.html McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort]," ''Huffington Post'' (14 October 2008).</ref> |
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Timmons and seven employees of Timmons and Company were listed as lobbyists for [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] with "revolving door" connections to government in 2001 by [[Public Citizen]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Bristol-Myers Squibb Lobbyists in 2001, With Revolving Door Connections | url = http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_patents/bmsg/articles.cfm?ID=6491 | publisher = Public Citizen | accessdate = 12 Jan. 2008 }}</ref> |
Timmons and seven employees of Timmons and Company were listed as lobbyists for [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] with "revolving door" connections to government in 2001 by [[Public Citizen]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Bristol-Myers Squibb Lobbyists in 2001, With Revolving Door Connections | url = http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_patents/bmsg/articles.cfm?ID=6491 | publisher = Public Citizen | accessdate = 12 Jan. 2008 }}</ref> |
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William E. Timmons, Sr. | |
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| Born | 1930 |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Lobbyist |
William E. Timmons (born 1930) is an American lobbyist in Washington, D.C. who has worked for all of the Republican presidents since Richard Nixon, as well as Jimmy Carter. John McCain's presidential campaign asked Timmons to conduct a study in preparation for the presidential transition should McCain win the election.[1]
Timmons is the Chairman Emeritus of lobbying firm Timmons and Company, which he founded in 1975 after leaving the administration of President Gerald Ford.[2]
Timmons served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, and was an aide to Senator Alexander Wiley, Administrative Assistant to Rep. Bill Brock, and the Assistant for Legislative Affairs to both Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He held official commissions from Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.
Personal
Timmons graduated from Georgetown University. He has three children and nine grandchildren. He is a 33rd degree Freemason, past officer of the Sons of the American Revolution, and is an active member of the Society of the Cincinnati and various state and county historical organizations. He has served on boards or advisory commissions for Georgetown University's Business School, the International College at the University of South Carolina, Parent's Council of Texas Christian University, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.[citation needed]
Convention and campaign management
Timmons was the national convention manager for Nixon in 1968 and 1972, Ford in 1976, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984. He also was a convention advisor to George H.W. Bush in 1988, and George W. Bush in 2000. Mr. Timmons was campaign manager for Rep. Bill Brock in 1962, ‘64, and ‘68. He received the National Young Republican of the Year award in 1965, and was head of congressional relations for the Nixon–Agnew campaign in 1968. In 1980 Timmons was the national political director for the Reagan–Bush campaign.[citation needed]
As Republican National Committee manager, Timmons organized "with extraordinary precision" the 1972 convention to re-elect Nixon, marking a "sea change" in the design and execution of conventions as massive media events, according to Republican convention veteran Bill Greener; "Since then, the move toward planning conventions as TV events continues," he said.[3]
Lennon deportation attempt memos
The Strom Thurmond memo of Feb. 7, 1972, recommending deportation of John Lennon, was addressed to Timmons in his role as assistant to President Nixon, and Timmons responded to Thurmond on March 6, 1972, indicating that the Immigration and Naturalization Service had served a deportation notice on Lennon.[4]
Lobbying
Timmons and Company used a unique business model to build a small, but influential firm.[5]
Timmons & Co. caps its client roster and bills them all the same fee – with quarterly payments due in advance. It shuns big-name recruits, such as former senators and governors. It has never had a foreign client, and it has always been bipartisan. And, unlike many big firms, Timmons doesn't assign lobbyists to specific client accounts. Rather, they all work for all of their clients.[5]
In 2008, Timmons and Company represented the American Medical Association, Union Pacific Corporation, the University of Miami, Chrysler, the American Petroleum Institute, Vanguard, Freddie Mac, Visa USA, Anheuser-Busch, and others.[6][1]
After Timmons left the White House to form Timmons and Company in 1975, along with Tom Korologos, who had reported to Timmons as Nixon's White House legislative liaison, the company lobbied Congress for Northrop Corporation, in favor of the F-18 fighter jet according to Korologos.[7] [relevant?]
Timmons and seven employees of Timmons and Company were listed as lobbyists for Bristol-Myers Squibb with "revolving door" connections to government in 2001 by Public Citizen.[8]
In 2008, Timmons and Company received $260,000 for lobbying for Freddie Mac before the U. S. Government took the troubled firm over.[9] Also in 2008, the Obama campaign referred to Timmons as "one of Washington’s most famous and powerful lobbyists" when Timmons joined the McCain campaign.[10]
Sources
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- Who's Who in America 1995, Volume 2, Marquis Who's Who publisher, 1994, New Providence, NJ. Page 3690.
References
- ^ a b "McCain Taps Lobbyist for Transition - TIME". 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ Salant, Jonathan D (2008-09-23). "McCain Transition Head Lobbied for Freddie Mac Before Takeover". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Costas Panagopoulos (2007). Rewiring Politics. LSU Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780807132067.
- ^ Jon Wiener (2000). Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520222465.
- ^ a b The Politico, March 8, 2007
- ^ "Client list". Timmons and Company Inc.
- ^ Gordon Adams (1982). The Politics of Defense Contracting. Transaction Publishers. p. 146. ISBN 9780878710126.
- ^ "Bristol-Myers Squibb Lobbyists in 2001, With Revolving Door Connections". Public Citizen. Retrieved 12 Jan. 2008.
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Jonathan D. Salant and Timothy J. Burger (Sept. 23, 2008). "McCain Transition Head Lobbied for Freddie Mac Before Takeover". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved Jan. 8, 2009.
The lobbying firm of the man Republicans say John McCain has chosen to begin planning a presidential transition earned more than a quarter of a million dollars this year representing Freddie Mac, one of the companies McCain blames for the nation's financial crisis.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Obama Press Call: Campaign Memo and Conference Call on a McCain Lobbyist-Run White House". Obama campaign memos. 2008Central.net. September 14, 2008.
External links
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