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Article: American consultants influence how Austrian campaigns are run.(INTERNATIONAL POLITICS)(Austro-American political relationship )
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- Campaigns & Elections
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- October 1, 2005
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As a small country in the heart of Europe, Austria has problems getting noticed internationally. It is one of the less prominent European Union countries, and it is often confused with similarly sounding Australia.
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Still, Austrians like to think that they have at least some influence on U.S. politics. On the Republican side there is Arnold Schwarzenegger: The California governor was born and raised in Austria. His childhood dialect is omnipresent, even if he is only pronouncing the name of his new home, California (or as he would say, Kal-ee-for-nee-ah.) Democratic ties to Austria are more tenuous, the best example being John ...