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<span style=" color: black;">Around this time, the brothers faced a political crisis. In 1989, the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs investigated their business and released a scathing report accusing Koch Oil of “a widespread and sophisticated scheme to steal crude oil from Indians and others through fraudulent mismeasuring.” The Kochs admitted that they had improperly taken thirty-one million dollars’ worth of crude oil, but said that it had been accidental. Charles Koch told committee investigators that oil measurement is “a very uncertain art.”</span></p>

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<span style=" color: black;">To defend its reputation, </span><b><span style=" color: #ED1C24;">Koch Industries hired Robert Strauss</span></b><span style=" color: black;">, then a premier Washington lobbyist; the company soon opened an office in the city. A grand jury was convened to investigate the allegations, but it eventually disbanded, without issuing criminal charges. According to the Senate report, after the committee hearings Koch operatives delved into the personal lives of committee staffers, even questioning an ex-wife. Senate investigators were upset by the Kochs’ tactics. Kenneth Ballen, the counsel to the Senate committee, said, “These people have amassed such unaccountable power!”</span>

<b>Robert S. Strauss</b> has served as Chairman of the Board of the <a href="http://www.usrbc.org" class="external text" title="http://www.usrbc.org" rel="nofollow">U.S.-Russia Business Council</a> since January 1993. He is a Founding Partner at <a href="http://www.akingump.com/about_senior.cfm" class="external text" title="http://www.akingump.com/about_senior.cfm" rel="nofollow">Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP</a>.</p>

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"In August 1991, Mr. Strauss was sworn in as <b>U.S. Ambassador </b>to the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he in turn became U.S. Ambassador to the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a>. In November 1992, he resigned from the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Foreign_Service" title="Foreign Service" class="mw-redirect">Foreign Service</a> to rejoin his law firm.</p>

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"Mr. Strauss served as a Special Agent in the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a> (FBI) after receiving his law degree from the University of Texas. In January 1946, he entered private law practice and founded the firm that became Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, with offices in Texas, Washington, Brussels, and Moscow.</p>

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"Mr. Strauss served as Chairman of the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a> from 1973 to 1976. He served as Chairman of President <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Earl_Carter,_Jr." title="James Earl Carter, Jr.">James Earl Carter, Jr.</a>'s election campaign in 1976, and then in President Carter's Cabinet as <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special_Trade_Representative&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Special Trade Representative (page does not exist)">Special Trade Representative</a>. Over the next two-and-a-half years, Mr. Strauss successfully concluded the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tokyo_Round_of_Multilateral_Trade_Negotiations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (page does not exist)">Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations</a> and directed its passage through Congress, culminating in the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trade_Act_of_1979&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trade Act of 1979 (page does not exist)">Trade Act of 1979</a>. Following the completion of the trade agreements, President Carter asked Mr. Strauss to serve as his Personal Representative to the Middle East peace negotiations.</p>

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"In 1981, Mr. Strauss was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. A popular lecturer, he speaks extensively across the country and abroad and has authored numerous articles for professional journals, newspapers and magazines. He has served on the boards of directors of numerous U.S. corporations and public institutions. He previously held the Lloyd Bentsen Chair at the <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=LBJ_School_of_Public_Affairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="LBJ School of Public Affairs (page does not exist)">LBJ School of Public Affairs</a> at the University of Texas, where he has lectured at the School of Law and the Graduate School of Business."</p>

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Copied from the <a href="http://www.usrbc.org/Council/strauss%20bio.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.usrbc.org/Council/strauss%20bio.htm" rel="nofollow">U.S.-Russia Business Council Web Site</a>.

He is also on the board of counselors for the Arabic media group <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Layalina_Productions" title="Layalina Productions">Layalina Productions</a>.</p>

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<li>Recipient of the 1997 <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Raoul_Wallenberg_Award" title="Raoul Wallenberg Award">Raoul Wallenberg Award</a> <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#Affiliations"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Affiliations</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#Resources_and_articles"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Resources and articles</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#Related_Sourcewatch"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related Sourcewatch</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#References"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Affiliations</span></h2>

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<li>Trustee, <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Forum_for_International_Policy" title="Forum for International Policy">Forum for International Policy</a></li>

<li>Trustee, <a href="http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/bush/asp/OverView/Trustees.asp" class="external text" title="http://www.georgebushfoundation.org/bush/asp/OverView/Trustees.asp" rel="nofollow">George Bush Presidential Library Foundation</a></li>

<li>Board of Counselors, <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Layalina_Productions" title="Layalina Productions">Layalina Productions</a></li>

<li>Director, <a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Council_for_Capital_Formation" title="American Council for Capital Formation">American Council for Capital Formation</a> <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Resources and articles</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related Sourcewatch</span></h3>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://raoulwallenbergaward.com/past-recipients/" class="external text" title="http://raoulwallenbergaward.com/past-recipients/" rel="nofollow">Past recipients</a>, Raoul Wallenberg Award, accessed August 22, 2008.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Robert_S._Strauss#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.accf.org/directors.php" class="external text" title="http://www.accf.org/directors.php" rel="nofollow">Directors</a>, American Council for Capital Formation, accessed May 9, 2010.</li>

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<a href="http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/4264.html">http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/4264.html</a></p>

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Joel Jankowsky, Akin Gump. Washington’s most profitable lobbying group in 2006 is headed by this soft-spoken Oklahoman who is said never to have sent a press release touting his accomplishments. Jankowsky created the Akin Gump lobby practice more than 20 years ago for firm patriarch <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Robert</b> <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(160, 255, 255);">Strauss</b>, who at age 89 still comes into the office regularly but is not registered as a <b style=" color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 153);">lobbyist</b>. With a team of 45 and revenues over $76 million last year, according to Legal Times, Akin Gump’s lobby practice is one of the biggest in Washington.</p>

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One of Jankowsky’s most profitable endeavors, though ultimately unsuccessful, was attempting to deflate congressional opposition to China’s National Offshore Oil Company’s attempt to buy California-based Unocal. Stockholders’ eventual acceptance of a rival bid from Chevron had to have left the Chinese wondering if Jankowsky’s $2.2-million fee was worth it.</p>