Subject: Re: Time Sensitive request for Team Leaders
From: Cassandra Butts <[email-masked]>
To: Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:35:33 -0500

We've collected everything that Barack has said and he never said a  
two-year look back.

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 2, 2008, at 1:05 PM, "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> It was actually Axelrod who said it.  Here’s the exchange:
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> STEPHANOPOULOS: One of the signature lines that Senator Obama has  
> used throughout this campaign is that he's going to change the  
> culture of Washington and really take on lobbyists. Here’s what he s 
> aid about a month ago.
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>
>
> SEN.BARACK OBAMA:  I am the only candidate who can say that  
> Washington lobbyists do not fund my campaign. They will not run my  
> white house and they will not drown out the voices of the American  
> people when I’m president of the United States.
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>
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> STEPHANOPOULOS: So does that mean that if Senator Obama wins on  
> Tuesday, no one who's been a lobbyist will be able to work in his  
> white house?
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>
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> AXELROD: No, it doesn't mean that. But it means exactly what he said  
> for the two years of this campaign. He laid out a very specific plan  
> for how he was going to deal with that. no one who is an active  
> lobbyist lobbying on issues for the last two years related to their  
> industries is going to come into our administration and work on  
> those. We want to end this revolving door we've seen in Washington  
> where people come from industry, go into government, rig the deck in  
> favor of those industries and then go back. We simply can't afford  
> that anymore, George.
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>
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> STEPHANOPOULOS: So that means if you worked in the energy industry,  
> you're not going to be able to get a job at the Department of Energy?
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> AXELROD: If you were a lobbyist in the last couple of years that's  
> exactly right because, you know, we've seen the effects of that. We’ 
> ve seen a government that was essentially hijacked by special intere 
> sts. That’s one of the problems we have. That’s one of the  
> reasons we have the economic problems we have because of the pernici 
> ous influence of people too close to their industries, you know, inv 
> olved in the regulation or deregulation of their industries and the  
> development of policies. We’ve got to end that.
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>
>
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> From: Cassandra Butts [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:59 PM
> To: John Podesta; Chris Lu
> Subject: Fwd: Time Sensitive request for Team Leaders
>
>
>
> Please see the following from Suzanne Spaulding who has been working  
> on the transition. I didn't hear David this morning but we should  
> confirm where we are on this so that I can respond to Suzanne and  
> others. Bob is availble for a call until 3:30.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: "Spaulding, Suzanne E." <[email-masked]>
> Date: November 2, 2008 12:42:03 PM EST
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Fw: Fwd: Time Sensitive request for Team Leaders
>
> Cassandra,
> I can only imagine how busy you must be but
> I'm preparing to respond to the urgent request below for additional  
> information and need some clarification on the ethics policy. The  
> memo notes that there are restrictions related to lobbying that go  
> beyond those in the Code of Ethics. David Plouffe this morning said,  
> if I heard it correctly, that anyone who had lobbied in the last two  
> years would not be able to work in any related area. The example  
> provided was that an energy lobbyist could not work at DOE. Before I  
> further sever my ties with my firm in order to work on the  
> transition, I would very much appreciate the opportunity to talk  
> with you about precisely what the policy is or will be regarding  
> former lobbyists. I can be reached today at 703 893 6299 or 703 863 6666 
> .
> Thanks!
> Best,
> Suzanne
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jami Miscik <[email-masked]>
> To: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>; Spaulding, Suzanne E.; [email-masked] 
>  <[email-masked]>; Harding, Robert -- HSA, Inc. <[email-masked] 
> >; [email-masked] <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] 
>  <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]  
> <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] 
>  <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]  
> <[email-masked]>; [email-masked] <[email-masked] 
> >
> Sent: Sun Nov 02 07:45:37 2008
> Subject: Fwd: Time Sensitive request for Team Leaders
>
> Hi All,
>
> In an attempt to make sure that they have all the details they need  
> on everyone's participation, we have another request for input.  The  
> deadline is quite tight so if you could answer the questions below  
> and send a note back to me or to John Brennan later today we will  
> assemble a group response and send it in.  I know several of you  
> were still in negotiations with the lawyers so if you could just  
> provide a sense of where things stand that would be helpful.
>
> Jami
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>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 9:51 PM
> Subject: Time Sensitive request for Team Leaders
> To: [email-masked]
>
>
>
> Dear Agency Team Leaders:
>
> Please see the attached request from the budget and ethics gurus  
> requesting detailed information from your team members. I urge you  
> to email and call as soon as possible to ensure members get you the  
> pertinent information tomorrow. Many thanks for your help.
>
> best
> Sarah
>
>
>
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