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"Mr. Safavian worked with Mr. Abramoff in the Washington lobbying offices of [[Preston Gates and Ellis|Preston Gates & Ellis]], a Seattle-based firm. According to lobbying records, Mr. Safavian shared at least one client with Mr. Abramoff, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and also represented Microsoft, the Port of Seattle and the Dredging Contractors of America," Shenon and Kornblut [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/politics/20lobby.html?pagewanted=all wrote].
:The [[Jack Abramoff: Capital Athletic Foundation|Capital Athletic Foundation]] paid $120,000 in August 2002 for Abramoff, Ney [Rep. R-OH], Ralph Reed and then-[[General Services Administration]] Chief of Staff David Safavian to go to St. Andrews to play golf with a stop in London on way back. "Ney later claimed that the trip’s purpose was to raise money for a foundation, but there were no fundraising events during the course of the trip." [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55283-2004Sep27.html?nav=rss_nation]
"That the Bush Administration would turn the keys to the treasury over to this crew is beyond irresponsible. No one could be so blind as not to understand how utterly inappropriate it is that David Safavian is charged with overseeing the federal government's purchasing activities." [http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=%22David+Safavian%22&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&b=21&u=projectusa.org/ezine/2005/09-05-grovers_supply.php&w=%22david+safavian%22&d=Pxp6L2FULesp&icp=1&.intl=us]
