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OT BUSH CRONY/APPOINTEE, FORMER GSA CHIEF OF STAFF INDICTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 - The former head of procurement policy for the
White House budget office was indicted Wednesday on charges of
obstructing investigators and lying about his ties to Jack Abramoff,
the Washington lobbyist who is at the center of a federal investigation
that has brought Representative Tom DeLay under scrutiny.
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Mr. Safavian was accused in the indictment of lying about his contacts
with Mr. Abramoff when Mr. Safavian was chief of staff at the General
Services Administration, which is the government's property-management
agency. He held that post from 2002 until 2004.
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/politics/06delay.html[/url]
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