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Article: Report tracks Abramoff access; Influence extended to White House.(POLITICS)

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June 10, 2008
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Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A congressional report released Monday said convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence at the White House has been confirmed by a new set of official government documents and interviews with former staffers.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing Thursday to approve its follow-up to a 2006 report that found Abramoff to have had influenced the firing of a State Department official and to have given sports tickets and meals to White House officials.

The committee report also found that Abramoff was photographed six times with President Bush at different events in 2001 and ...

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