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Seeing Russia the Abramoff way: a corrupt deal brokered by Jack Abramoff led Tom DeLay to sell a critical foreign-aid vote to the Russian mob.(CORRUPTION)(Cover Story)

The New American

| February 06, 2006 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2006 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In 1985, 26-year-old Jack Abramoff, at the time the head of the College Republicans, was approached to run Citizens for America (CFA), a group intended to generate public support for the Reagan administration's policy of arming and funding anti-communist rebels worldwide. That campaign took him to Jamba, Angola, for a two-day gathering of guerrillas from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Upon his return, Abramoff was fired by CFA for blowing through the organization's $3 million budget.

Three years later, Abramoff decided to follow his older brother's example by becoming a movie producer. Working with South African contacts he had developed during his brief career ...

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