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Azerbaijan: Plouffe donates speaker's fee

Friday, February 13th, 2009 @ 15:30 UTC

by Onnik Krikorian

Countries:: Azerbaijan
Topics:: Elections, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

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Following the recent controversy surrounding a visit by Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to Azerbaijan, Blogger Interrupted says that his $50,000 speaking fee has been donated to the National Democratic Institute.

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