For Any Export-oriEntEDAmEriCAn 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,BillClinton promisED thAt hisADministrAtion woulD Fight hArD to hElpAmEriCAn 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 lAtECommErCE sECrEtAry ronBrown wErE thEDEmoCrAts "sElling" sEAts, using thosE missions to rEwArD pArty DonorsAnD 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 oFCommErCEDEpArtmEnt DoCumEnts hAvE BEEn turnED ovEr to thE group.
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A、in AnothEr, philip vErvEEr, A wAshington AttornEy, rECommEnDs A plACE on 1994 mission to inDiA For williAm ginsBErg, ChiEF ExECutivE oFCEllulArCommuniCAtions intErnAtionAl. "oinsBErg wAs An EArly FinAnCiAl supportEr oFClinton/ 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 inDi
A、For onE thing, lEwis points out, mCgowAn quAliFiEs AsD、n.C、"mAnAging trustEE (托管人, 理事)," somEonE who givEs $100,000 A yEAr to thEDEmoCrAtiC nAtionAlCommittEE.
But DiD thE whitE housE AlwAys givE its FunDErs thE hEAvy prEFErEnCE thEy ExpECtED thAt is AnothEr story.
An invitAtion to onE oF thECommErCE sECrEtAry’s trADE missions ABroAD ______.
A、is DEsirABlE For AllAmEriCAn BusinEss
B、CAn sErvE As A worlD sEriEs tiCkEt
C、CAn BE guArAntEED only By pAying top DollAr
D、Brings ContACts with CorporAtE hEADs AnD govErnmEnt oFFiCiAls oF othEr nAtions