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Obama Campaign Hires Former Keystone XL Pipeline Lobbyist for 2012 Campaign

HeadlineOct 25, 2011

The Obama administration is expected to make a decision on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline this year. Meanwhile, environmentalists are criticizing Obama for hiring a former TransCanada pipeline lobbyist as a senior adviser to his 2012 re-election campaign. Broderick Johnson lobbied Congress when he was an employee of the firm Bryan Cave.
Johnson is also the husband of National Public Radio’s Michele Norris. Norris announced on Monday she will step down from her hosting duties as host of “All Things Considered” while her husband works for the campaign.

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