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Dick Morris to stump for Steelman
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| Last Edited | RBH Mar 19, 2008 09:44am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dick Morris, a former aide to President Bill Clinton and an analyst on the FOX News Channel, will headline an event for state Treasurer Sarah Steelman in St. Louis on Monday.
Steelman is contending for the soon-to-be vacant position of governor and Morris posted the following message on his Web site:
I don’t often speak on behalf of candidates, but Sarah is a big exception. When it became clear that Iran was trying to develop nuclear weapons, Sarah Steelman was the first state official in the U.S. to ban the investment of her state’s pension funds in any company that does business with Teheran. Her courageous action led many other states, including California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana, to follow suit. As a result, Iran is being caught in an increasingly tight economic vice and the growing instability of the regime there is the result.
Sarah banned any pension investment in 485 companies that do business with either Iran, Syria, Sudan, or North Korea. They include some of the major global companies like Total, Repsol, Hyundai, Alcatel-Lucent, and BNP Paribas.
All told, these 485 companies have invested $188 billion in these terrorist countries. This money helps Iran find and pump more oil, giving the regime the funds to finance its nuclear program and buy social peace at home. About a quarter of the assets of state pension funds in the U.S. are now invested in these companies and Sarah’s action is leading to massive pressure on them to curtail their work in helping state sponsors of terror.
Ever since Governor Matt Blunt announced he was not going to seek re-election and Lt. Governor Peter Kinder said he was not going to run, Steelman has emerged as the only GOP contender with a chance to beat the likely Democratic nominee State Attorney General Jay Nixon. |
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