GORE'S OIL MONEY
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The article presents information on former vice-president Al Gore's oil wealth. Early this year, the Colombian government deployed several hundred soldiers to guard workers building a road to the multibillion-dollar project. That led to a clash in February when security forces used tear gas to break up an anti-Occidental demonstration of several hundred Indians. 1992. For his current presidential run, Gore has raised 92,000 dollars from the oil and gas industry. Occidental is his number-two donor in that category, with company executives and their wives donating 10,000 dollar to fuel Gore's campaign. Occidental's investment in Gore has paid rich dividends.
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