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GOP Leadership Embroiled In Scandal

HeadlineOct 03, 2005

In Washington–political scandals involving the Republican leadership remain the talk of the town. Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission began investigating whether Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist engaged in insider trading. Then Tom Delay was forced to step down from his role as House Majority Leader after he was indicted for criminal conspiracy involving funneling corporate donations to Texas politicians. Now a series of new questions are being raised about another scandal–the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Her cover was blown shortly after her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, publicly disputed the Bush administration’s claim that Iraq was trying to purchase uranium in the African nation of Niger for use in its nuclear weapons program.

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