American Family Voices Launches Ad Questioning Halliburton's Sweetheart Deals.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2003 American Family American Family is a photographic artwork exhibition by Renée Cox. See also
Mike Lux, President of American Family Voices said, "It is unforgivable that the government is more focused on making no bid, sweetheart deals Sweetheart Deal A merger or company sale where one company involved in the deal gives the other very attractive terms and conditions. Notes: In other words, a sweetheart deal is a transaction that a firm simply cannot pass-up. This is usually considered to be unethical. with big businesses such as Halliburton that are cronies of this administration than they are on funding education and health care or providing benefits to our troops." The ad, which will begin running tomorrow in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin notes the sweetheart deals Halliburton is receiving from the U.S. government while budgets for education, healthcare and even veteran's benefits are being slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. across the country. It is the first ad in a multimillion dollar ad campaign planned for the fall. In addition to running the ad in several states, AFV AFV Alternative-Fuel Vehicle AFV America's Funniest Home Videos (TV show) AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle AFV America's Funniest Videos AFV Amniotic Fluid Volume AFV America's Funniest Home Video AFV Avantage Fiscal is planning a very aggressive internet and organizational outreach campaign. AFV is gathering a wide range of allied organizations across the country to put the ad up on their website, and will be sending out video emails to hundreds of thousands of activists around the country. American Family Voices (AFV) is a 501(c)4 non-profit, issue advocacy organization created to focus attention on the economic and family issues most important to the quality of middle class working families' lives. |
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