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Mpls Star Tribune
March 9, 2006
Rob Hotakainen

Vin Weber's firm paid $65,000/month to lobby for UAE

The former Minnesota congressman is a lobbyist hired last year to defend the United Arab Emirates' image. He said politics got in the way of the facts in the ports deal

As one of the top lobbyists in Washington, Vin Weber is paid good money to defend the reputation of the United Arab Emirates.

Facing the highest-profile assignment of his lobbying career, the former Republican congressman from Minnesota has had a whole lot of defending to do lately: His client is the Middle Eastern nation that owns Dubai Ports World, an Arab firm that wanted to run port operations in six U.S. cities.

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