Obama 'looking into' returning cash from donor tied to Swift Boat Veterans.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2007 | by Krol, Eric

Byline: Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer Democratic U.S. Sen. Barack Obama applauded President Bush's withdrawal Wednesday of a nominee involved with a controversial political attack ad, but his campaign doesn't know if Obama will return a contribution he got from another donor to the group.

Sam Fox, a St. Louis businessman, wanted to be U.S. ambassador to Belgium. But Obama and other Senate Democrats torpedoed Fox's nomination because Fox gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. That group ran ads attacking in 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on his Vietnam War record - creating a firestorm credited with stalling Kerry's momentum coming out of his party's convention. Obama grilled Fox about his Swift Boat involvement during...

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