Biden scrutinized for his lobbyist son's activities »
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Biden singled out the Delaware senator's elder son, Beau, 39, the Delaware attorney general who is headed for Iraq this fall with his National Guard unit. Obama didn't mention the profession of Biden's other son, who lobbied for two drug companies and five universities.
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" Hunter Biden, 38, described as a lawyer in the biography of his father distributed yesterday by the Obama campaign, lobbied for clients that paid his firm at least $380,000 in the first six months of this year, federal records show.
Both Obama and Republican presidential rival John McCain have said lobbyists may not work on their campaigns. McCain recently called lobbyists "birds of prey," and Obama has refused to accept their contributions. In his speech yesterday in Springfield, Ill., Obama said he's running in part to repair "a government that has fallen prey to special interests."
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