White House Aide Accused of Plagiarism

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(AP) - The White House says it is disappointed in a presidential aide who has been accused of plagarism and that his behavior is unacceptable.

The charges were leveled against Timothy Goeglein (GAYG' lyn) about a column he wrote for The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Parts of his column were nearly identical to an essay that appeared in a Dartmouth College publication. Goeglein has said his actions were wrong and that there are no excuses for what he did.

White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore says his behavior is "not acceptable" and tha that White House is disappointed in his actions. She said officials were looking into allegations of other instances of plagarism by Goeglein. He has worked at the White House since 2001.

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Who is Tim Goeglein and why is he one of the White House's most important links to the conservative Christian community?
In the Loop

Nearly every morning, Tim Goeglein, the deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison meets -- along with eight White House aides from the four political offices including public liaison, intergovernmental affairs, political affairs and strategic initiatives -- with Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to pound out and hone the message of the day. "It is Goeglein's job to make sure conservatives are happy, in the loop and getting their best ideas before the president and turned into laws," the Washington Post reported.

According to the newspaper, "This is where Rove, Goeglein and others share thoughts on synthesizing the president's ideas, enlisting outside assistance to sell them and heading off potential fights with or among supporters on the outside. When the meeting lets out, Goeglein operates as an ambassador of sorts for Bush and Rove."

Goeglein is such a solid "ambassador" to the Christian Right that when Ted Haggard, the head of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE - website), made his first post-election visit to the White House he stopped by and congratulated Goeglein for his effective work of bringing Christian voters to the polls.

"He is the key person that actually produced the evangelical vote in America," Haggard told the Indianapolis Star. "It was Karl Rove's initiative, but it was Tim that actually did it. When we call Tim, his office responds. He's the one evangelical leaders across America have a relationship with."

In addition to giving Goeglein his props, Haggard was at the White House to "talk about proposed legislation and encourage the White House to hire evangelicals as interns," the Star reported.

Goeglein has won critical acclaim from other Christian Right insiders: "Tim's just flat-out the best I've ever seen at this job, and I've seen them all," Ralph Reed, Bush adviser and former head of the Christian Coalition (website), told Newsweek last September.>>>>snip

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[eppur_se_muova]

1. What part of "Thou Shalt Not Steal" did he not understand? nt

[Fridays Child]

2. He resigned.

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