Norton Posed for Photo With Abramoff

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Gale Norton posed for a photograph with Jack Abramoff in her second encounter with the lobbyist, a brief face-to-face session in her office in 2002.

The photo, made public Friday evening by Interior officials in response to media requests, shows Norton, Abramoff, an unnamed man, Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the tribe's outside counsel, C. Bryant Rogers.

Norton did not speak with Abramoff and the Choctaw chief when they met for the photo, Interior spokeswoman Tina Kreisher said Friday. The men waited while Norton finished a meeting, then posed with her for an official department photo in front of the large fireplace in her office and left, Kreisher said.

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In e-mail exchanges that have been made public, he (Abramoff) mentioned having an inside track in Norton's Interior Department. He sought congressional help several times to lobby Norton for tribes, and his clients donated heavily to an environmental group Norton founded.

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[NVMojo]

1. Norton's "un-ethics" are permanently recorded! She gave Abramoff

the tribes!

[montana500]

2. well what do you know...

lol.

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Abramoff was on the Interior Dept. transition team

[0007]

6. How sweet!

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Both Norton and Abramoff were on Bush's

Interior Dept Transition Team along with Roger Stone.

[fooj]

4. "They did not speak"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

peace.

[rodeodance]

5. Their aides/staff do the deals.

[habitual]

7. of course they didn't speak

the Choctaw chief was right there in the room!!

[sabra]

9. kick

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