Big money gets in on Cabinet nomination fights
By , on January 31st, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON—As former Sen. Chuck Hagel seeks to fend off critics aiming to derail his confirmation as Defense secretary, he has an incongruous ally: a Pittsburgh philanthropist who made his fortune as one of the world’s top horse-race bettors. Bill Benter, a prolific donor to Democrats and liberal groups who keeps a low public profile, financed an ad campaign by a group of centrist national security veterans who hailed Hagel’s “bipartisanship and independence of conscience and mind.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Big money gets in on Cabinet nomination fights
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Big money gets in on Cabinet nomination fights
<!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON—As former Sen. Chuck Hagel seeks to fend off critics aiming to derail his confirmation as Defense secretary, he has an incongruous ally: a Pittsburgh philanthropist who made his fortune as one of the world’s top horse-race bettors. Bill Benter, a prolific donor to Democrats and liberal groups who keeps a low public profile, financed an ad campaign by a group of centrist national security veterans who hailed Hagel’s “bipartisanship and independence of conscience and mind.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Big money gets in on Cabinet nomination fights
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