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The politics of friendship

By Dr. Andre M. Perry, Contributing Columnist August 20, 2007 talkback

The recent investigations, indictments, plea bargains, confessionals, and jail sentences revolve around growing concentric circles of so-called friends. The bull's eyes of these targets mostly point to Urban League CEO, Marc Morial and Congressman Bill Jefferson. Though federal investigators have not quite hit their mark, they are picking up a littered trail of "friends."