Laura Bush and Sen. Allen have private fundraiser with Nixon's lawyer

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October 20, 2006


George Allen And Laura Bush Have Sent You An Evite!

Is someone trying to save money on postage? Politicians usually tap their email lists to hit up supporters for low-dollar contributions ranging from $5 to $200. But this morning, Virginia Sen. George Allen's Victory Committee--a fund-raising outfit run jointly by the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee and Allen's re-election campaign--sent an email inviting supporters to a private fundraiser next week with First Lady Laura Bush. The asking price: $1,000 per person, or a bargain $3,000 to have your photo taken with the First Lady. According to the invite, the reception is scheduled for Oct. 23 at the Virginia home of high-powered attorney Bill Kilberg, a former Nixon administration official. Even more unusual, the mass email even includes Kilberg's home address--something sure to please the neighbors.

http://www.talk.newsweek.com/politics/default.asp?item=239776



Bobbie & William Greene Kilberg
Occupation: Attorney
Employer: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Home: McLean, VA

President Richard Nixon appointed William Kilberg as U.S. Labor Department Solicitor in 1973; wife Bobbie Kilberg was an aide to presidents Nixon, Ford and Bush the elder. Bobbie Kilberg directed “policy relations between the White House and all interest groups in the United States, with a special emphasis on the business community” under the first President Bush. Bush appointed Bobbie Kilberg first to his Commerce Department transition team and then to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (see Floyd Kvamme). Federalist Society member William Kilberg is an appellate labor lawyer at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, where he also lobbies related federal agencies. Over corporate objections (see Richard Farmer), Bill Clinton issued executive orders in the last days of his administration to prevent job-related repetitive motion injuries. The Occupation Safety and Health Administration estimated that these ergonomic rules would prevent 460,000 injuries and save $9 billion a year. After President Bush repealed the rules in 2001, Pioneer Labor Secretary Elaine Chao proposed voluntary guidelines. Arguing that even this went too far, William Kilberg said there was no evidence linking ergonomic injuries to the workplace. Kilberg championed George W. Bush’s embattled nomination of Gibson Dunn colleague Eugene Scalia as Labor Department Solicitor. Unable to get Scalia confirmed, President Bush appointed him provisionally during a 2002 congressional recess. After that recess appointment expired in 2003, the unconfirmed Scalia returned to Gibson Dunn. William Kilberg was a director of Palmer National Bank, which aides to the first President Bush founded in 1983. Oliver North and Carl Spitz Channell used Palmer as a conduit during their illegal 1980s operation to arm the Nicaraguan Contras. The Kilbergs’ son Jonathan founded 2Wrongs.com, which fellow Internet-search company Cyveillance acquired in 2001.

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