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For any export-oriented American business, an invitation to join the U. S. Commerce Secretary on one of his trade missions abroa
For any export-oriented American business, an invitation to join the U. S. Commerce Secretary on one of his trade missions abroa
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2014-02-20
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For any export-oriented American business, an invitation to join the U. S. Commerce Secretary on one of his trade missions abroad is like a World Series ticket—the hottest seat in town, and something you might pay top dollar to get. In 1992, Bill Clinton promised that his Administration would fight hard to help American companies win foreign business. That’s a worthy goal of trade missions, which provide selected chief executives with priceless connections to the corporate heads and government officials of other nations.
But under the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown were the Democrats "selling" seats, using those missions to reward party donors? And did the trips serve the dual purpose of drumming up(招徕)more donations abroad? Those are the questions at the heart of the lawsuit filed by the non-profit conservative group Judicial Watch Inc. Last week, thousands of pages of Commerce Department documents have been turned over to the group.
The Commerce Department papers clearly indicate many corporate contributors expected their money to earn them special consideration when seats were being handed out on the secretary’s plane. In a letter addressed to Deputy Assistant Commerce Secretary Jude Kearney, C. Payne Lucas, a development-organization executive suggests he should be added to a mission headed for South Africa president Nelson Mandela. In another, Philip Verveer, a Washington attorney, recommends a place on 1994 mission to India for William Ginsberg, chief executive of Cellular Communications International. "Ginsberg was an early financial supporter of Clinton/ Gore campaign," Verveer writes.
These missives occasionally show federal officials urging their superiors to favor donor executives. In one letter, Reta Lewis, a political affair official at the White House, urges that a spot be found for Gerald McGowan, a partner in a Washington law firm, on a trade mission to Indonesia or India. For one thing, Lewis points out, McGowan qualifies as D. N. C. "managing trustee(托管人,理事)," someone who gives $ 100,000 a year to the Democratic National Committee.
But did the White House always give its funders the heavy preference they expected? That is another story.
Which of the following can serve as the best title of this passage?
选项
A、Were Trade Missions for Sale?
B、Were the Democrats Selling Seats?
C、What Does Judicial Watch Discover?
D、How Does the White House Reward Its Funders?
答案
A
解析
主旨题。文章在一开始就提到外向型企业希望通过资助政党获得随商业部长出访的机会。接下来讲到司法监督公司对民主党是否出售贸易使团位置提起诉讼,并展开调查。因此A作标题最合适。B的意思是“民主党在出售座位吗?”其中的“座位”与文章中所指的座位不同;C和D都不能涵盖全文。
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