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Transcript: MCCAIN QUESTIONS WHITE HOUSE ON AD AGENCY'S TIES TO BIG TOBACCO
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- September 22, 1998
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: NANCY IVES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
22, 1998 202-224-7130
McCAIN QUESTIONS WHITE HOUSE ON AD AGENCY'S TIES TO BIG TOBACCO
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to concerns raised by an interest
group,
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) asked the Director of the Office of
National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), General Barry McCaffrey, to explain why
Bates
Advertising was selected to develop the National Youth Anti-Drug media
campaign when it reportedly also is paid to handle advertising for
one
of the largest tobacco companies, Brown & Williamson.
"It is inconceivable to me that ONDCP has disbursed millions of tax ...