'' Pharmaceutical companies are among 21 donors paying $250,000 each for red-carpet treatment at tonight's GOP fundraising gala starring President Bush, two days after Republicans unveiled a prescription drug plan the industry is backing, according to GOP officials.
Republican officials declined to disclose the donors to the event at the Mayflower Hotel, which is expected to net as much as $30 million for the party.<\/b> ''<\/p>- Washington Post<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>
'' Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld sold between $20.5 million and $91 million<\/b> in assets last year to avoid conflicts of interest, he said in a disclosure report.
Rumsfeld complained to the Office of Government Ethics that the \"excessively complex and confusing\" forms cost him more than $60,000<\/b> in accountants' fees to compile. \"I do not have the time\" to fill them out personally, Rumsfeld wrote. ''<\/p>- Washington Post<\/a><\/p><\/font><\/blockquote><\/blockquote>
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