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WASHINGTON Education Secretary Rod Paige directed his agency Thursday to begin a speedy investigation into its public relations contract with a prominent black media commentator after leaders of a Senate committee asked for records of the department's publicity deals.
At the same time, a Federal Communications Commission member asked that his agency investigate whether the commentator, Armstrong Williams, broke the law by failing to disclose that the Bush administration paid him $240,000 to plug its education policies to minority audiences.See the full content of this document
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Education Secretary Orders Inquiry
Williams has apologized for a mistake in judgment but says he has broken no law.
Paige, commenting about th...See the full content of this document
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