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| Born | 1931 Chattanooga, Tennesse |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Lobbyist |
William E. Timmons (born 1931) is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. who has worked for all of the Republican presidents since Richard M. Nixon. He is part of the John McCain presidential campaign, 2008, preparing for the transition, should McCain win the upcoming election.
He was a senior adviser to Vice President George Bush in 1988 and Senator Bob Dole in 1996 and is the founder and chairman emeritus of lobbying firm Timmons and Company, which he founded in 1975 after leaving the administration of President Gerald Ford. The firm used a unique business model to build a small, but influential firm. Timmons and Company has never had a foreign client , and currently represents the American Medical Association, Union Pacific Corporation, the University of Miami, Chrysler, LLC, the American Petroleum Institute, Vanguard, and others . Past clients include the Natural Disaster Coalition , Freddie Mac , Major League Baseball , and Micron Technology .
In the 1990s, he aided an influence effort on behalf of Saddam Hussein to put an end to the sanctions on Iraq. According to investigative journalist Murray Waas, he also worked closely with two lobbyists on an oil deal with the Iraqi regime. The two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and Tongsun Park, later "either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein's government."
Personal
Timmons graduated from Georgetown University and studied for his master's degree at George Washington University. Bill was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He has three children and nine grandchildren.
References
- ^ "McCain Taps Lobbyist for Transition - TIME". 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- Salant, Jonathan D (2008-09-23). "McCain Transition Head Lobbied for Freddie Mac Before Takeover". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Murray Waas, "McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort," Huffington Post (14 October 2008).
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