Obama aide wooed by ethanol lobby

Financial Times

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Published: August 8 2008 03:00 Last updated: August 8 2008 03:00

One of Barack Obama's most important backers in Washington is in talks to become an adviser to the Renewable Fuels Association, the most powerful pro-ethanol lobby in the US capital.

Tom Daschle, the former Democratic majority leader of the Senate who has long been an influential champion of the ethanol industry, said in an interview with the Financial Times that he was in talks to become an adviser to the RFA.

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