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== Early 2001: Abramoff changes firms; so does the contract ==
* January 2001 Abramoff switches lobbying firms to Greenberg Traurig. "'Our standing with the new administration promises to be solid as several friends of the CNMI (islands) will soon be taking high-ranking positions in the Administration, including within the Interior Department,' Abramoff wrote in a January 2001 letter in which he persuaded the island government to follow him as a client to his new lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig." [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-06-abramoff-bush_x.htm] [[Patrick Pizzella]], former [[Team Abrmoff]] with Preston gates, joins the Bush-Cheney transition team, and in April 2001 is nominated to Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management at the Department of Labor.
*January 2001 - "In a January 2001 email ([http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/abramoff-mehlman-stayman/ posted here]), Rudy reports that Mehlman had agreed to get an Abramoff foe "fired" at the State Department."[http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001638.php]
* 2001: The Republic of the Marshall Islands balked at paying nearly $500,000 in lobbying fees. Abramoff's old firm, Preston Gates and Ellis, sued in 2001. To support its demands, the firm wrote that among the lobbying services it provided was "organizing a visit by a congressional delegation led by Representative Don Young (R-AK) to the RMI ... and coordinating the delegation's activities with the RMI military.[http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7463032p-7373236c.html]
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(Source: "Survey of CNMI-Contracted Lobbyists Activities January 1994 through September 2001", Report no. M-01-05, Office of the Public Auditor, CNMI (November 9, 2001)
*"Abramoff received an e-mail on Oct. 31, 2001, from Ralston, stating the White House would not endorse the GOP candidate: "You win :). KR said no endorsement.""
*[http://www.indian.senate.gov/public/_files/2001scan.pdf Page 55:] "Thanks for calling me today. I appreciate your help with the CNMI governor's race and ensuring that the President does NOT endorse anyone in the race, in particular the liberal "Republican" Juan Babuata, who is running against the Speaker and former chairman of the Bush campaign there, Ben Fitial." - email dictating a letter from Jack Abramoff to Steven Griles, Deputy Secretary of the Interior - October 17, 2001.
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