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Article: Bush Meets With Teamsters Who Face Trial Next Month; Union's Support in Campaign Recognized
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- The Washington Post
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- January 18, 1989
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In what aides described as a political thank-you for an
endorsement, President-elect George Bush and his incoming White House
chief of staff met privately yesterday with top officials of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, including six scheduled to go
on trial next month in a Justice Department civil suit charging them
with racketeering.
A senior aide to Bush said the president-elect "just stuck his
head in the door" during the 15- to 20-minute session that incoming
chief of staff John H. Sununu held with Teamsters President William
J. McCarthy and five or six other members of the Teamster governing
board.
Sununu, the aide said, brought up the Justice Department case
against the ...