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	Bennett Johnston Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnston was very narrowly elected in an at-large campaign to the Louisiana State House of Representatives in 1964, along with two Republicans, Morley A. Hudson and Taylor W. O'Hearn, and two other Democrats from Caddo Parish, Algie Brown (1910-2004) and Frank Fulco, Sr.
		Johnston defeated Duke in the jungle primary, 53-44 percent.
		Johnston retired after his fourth term ended in 1997; he was succeeded by his preferred candidate, fellow Democrat Mary Landrieu, daughter of the Carter HUD Secretary and former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston (888 words)

	Bennett Johnston Jr. - Slider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Johnston was elected to the Louisiana State House of Represenatives in 1963 and to the Louisiana Senate in 1967.
		Johnston ran for Governor of Louisiana in 1971, losing to Edwin Edwards in the Democratic party runoff election.
		Johnston was the only major opponent of Allen J. Ellender for Ellender's Senate seat in 1972.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/J._Bennett_Johnston (170 words)

	La DOTD - J. Bennett Johnston Named to Hall of Honor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Johnston's picture was installed in the Transportation Hall of Honor along with the past recipients.
		Johnston also wrote and passed the Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative Act of 1993, which authorized funding for the widening and development of U.S. 165 from Monroe to Alexandria.
		Recognizing Johnston's critical role in the completion of this project, Congress by federal statute has renamed the Red River Navigation Project, the “J. Bennett Johnston Waterway.” The Louisiana Highways and Transportation Hall of Honor recognized Johnston as this year's recipient as a result of these contributions.
	www.dotd.state.la.us /press/20010110_jbennett.shtml (532 words)

	Joeseph Johnston Biography
		Johnston was basically engaged in forwarding freshly arrived Valley troops to the threatened sectors.
		The next month Johnston became one of five men advanced to the grade of full general-all Confederate generals wore the same insignia of rank, three stars in a wreath-but was not pleased with the relative ranking of the five.
		Johnston argued that a reorganization could not with propriety be carried out in the face of an active enemy.
	www.civilwarhome.com /Bio/joejohnston.htm (1053 words)

	Allen J. Ellender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1972, the Democratic gubernatorial runner-up from December 1971, former state senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr., of Shreveport challenged Ellender for renomination.
		Ellender was expected to defeat Johnston, but the veteran senator died during the primary campaign and left Johnston the de facto Democratic nominee.
		Johnston, as the Democratic nominee, then easily defeated the Republican candidate, Ben C. Toledano, an attorney from New Orleans, and former Governor John McKeithen, a Democrat running as an independent in the general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allen_J._Ellender (943 words)

	Thinkpath Retains Johnston & Associates; Thinkpath Continues To Target The Defense Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Bennett Johnston, to act as a sales and advisory agent for Thinkpath, to target large companies and major suppliers in the Defense Sector.
		Johnston and Associates, a leading Washington, D.C. based government relations firm, provides strategic public and legislative affairs consultation and representation to a broad range of some of the world's largest and most progressive private and public entities.
		Johnston and Associates communicates directly with the political leadership and legislative decision-makers involved with the issues that affect their clients.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2002/06/19/142291.html (793 words)

	Johnston mentioned as energy secretary
		Bennett Johnston is on a list of possible candidates to replace Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, White House officials said Monday.
		Johnston, 72, a Democrat who represented Louisiana in the Senate from 1972 to 1997 and is now a Washington lobbyist, turned down the energy job for Bush's first term.
		Johnston's prospects might come down to whether a Democrat is named to one of the other Cabinet openings likely to be filled before the energy vacancy.
	www.lademo.org /ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/192702 (570 words)

	Nevadans relieved: Bennett Johnston out of running for energy post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Bennett Johnston — author of “Screw Nevada” nuclear dump measures — wouldn’t be George W. Bush’s energy secretary.
		President-elect Bush had Johnston under consideration, but that triggered heavy lobbying Tuesday by Nevada leaders concerned that Johnston would be in a position to further the Yucca Mountain dump project.
		The governor also said that the Nevada arguments against Johnston were helped by the fact that the nuclear dump issue was a big one in Nevada during the recent campaign season.
	www.rgj.com /cgi-bin/printstory.cgi?publish_date=20001221&story=977457889 (429 words)

	Bennett Place
		Johnston suggested they sit down together at a simple farmhouse a short distance away.
		Johnston, recently placed in command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, failed to stop Sherman at the Battle of Bentonville.
		Seeking to avoid capture in Virginia, President Jefferson Davis arrived in Greensboro on April 11 and summoned Johnston to assess the strength of his army.
	www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us /sections/hs/bennett/bennett.htm (1282 words)

	Michael Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Michael Johnston is a United States citizen and prominent " ex-gay ".
		In August 2003 it was reported by witnesses that Johnston had unprotected sex with partners without disclosing that he is HIV -positive.
		Johnston is best known for being featured 1998 advertisements as an "ex-gay" denouncing homosexuality.
	www.freeglossary.com /Michael_Johnston (636 words)

	This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place. Preface. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Sherman knew that Johnston could have led his army on a march into the Deep South and prolonged the war indefinitely, and this knowledge contributed to his decision to offer his adversary generous terms.
		It was Lee's surrender, not the half-hearted pursuit of Sherman's forces, that induced Johnston to negotiate with his Federal counterpart.
		Johnston's reply arrived at Sherman's headquarters on April 16, two days after Lincoln's assassination, but one day before the news reached Raleigh.
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/bradley_this.html (859 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Johnston won't be named to energy position
		Johnston, a Louisiana Democrat and now an energy and nuclear waste consultant in Washington, said the demands of the post were too much for his wife of 44 years, Mary.
		Johnston asked for a few days to think about it and then spent hours on the telephone talking with colleagues and assembling a potential team.
		Johnston said his ties to utility companies and the nuclear industry -- his consulting firm represents the Nuclear Energy Institute -- would not have made him a politically difficult appointment for Bush to make.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2000/dec/20/511199326.html (735 words)

	Chevron Press Release - Former U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston Is Elected To Chevron Board Of Directors
		Johnston, 64, a Democrat from Louisiana, served in the U.S. Senate for 24 years until his recent retirement.
		In 1995, Sen. Johnston succeeded in a five-year effort to pass the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, a measure intended to increase deep-water oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and to increase federal revenues.
		Johnston is currently the chief executive officer of Johnston and Associates, a governmental and business consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Johnston served in the Louisiana legislature for eight years prior to his election to the U.S. Senate.
	www.chevrontexaco.com /news/archive/chevron_press/1997/97-01-27.asp (255 words)

	Bennett Place
		Johnston also realized the ominous prospect and left the movement of his army to his subordinate, while he made his way to Greensboro.
		While Johnston recognized that military capitulation was necessary, he hoped to obtain political guarantees which would restore the rights and privileges of the people of the South.
		Johnston returned to Lt. General Hampton's headquarters near Hillsboro to consult with his aides and establish his authority to surrender all the remaining Confederate armies.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/ncsites/durham/bennett.htm (2060 words)

	Peter Johnston
		Johnston, P., and Backer, J. Inquiry and a good conversation: “I learn a lot from them.” In R. Allington and P. Johnston, (Eds.).
		Johnston, P., Bennett, T., and Cronin, J. “I want students who are thinkers.” In R. Allington and P. Johnston, (Eds.).
		Johnston, P. Unpacking literate "achievement." In Janet Gaffney and Billie Askew (Eds.) Stirring the waters: A tribute to Marie Clay.
	www.albany.edu /reading/johnston.htm (712 words)

	LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: NEWS: YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Reid vows to block... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he would try to block Senate confirmation of J. Bennett Johnston, the former Louisiana senator and nuclear power champion who is being mentioned as a possible energy secretary under incoming President George W. Bush.
		Johnston, 68, a Democrat who served in the Senate from 1973 to 1996, was closely associated with energy interests and was the major booster of plans to locate a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Nevada.
		Johnston is partner of a Washington lobbying firm, Johnston and Associates, whose clients include the Nuclear Energy Institute, Entergy Corp., SBC Communications, Northrop Grumman and the University of New Orleans, according to Washington Representatives, a lobbyist guidebook.
	www.lvrj.com /lvrj_home/2000/Dec-20-Wed-2000/news/15073682.html (543 words)

	The Heartland Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Former Senator J. Bennett Johnston offers perspectives on the extensive compromises and the linchpin issue of liability protection for the producers of gasoline additive MTBE that almost sank the legislation this week, as it did in 2003.
		Bennett Johnston (D-LA) chaired the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 1986 to 1994 and was ranking minority member of the committee from 1994-1996.
		Johnston is a senior policy advisor to The Heartland Institute.
	www.heartland.org /new/Article.cfm?artId=17593 (251 words)

	Former Senator J. Bennett Johnston’s Government Relations Firm Is Hired by The Kwajalein Negotiation Commission to ...
		We are delighted to have retained a world-class legislative affairs team in the U.S. to assist the KNC in its delicate discussions with the U.S. Government and the RMI regarding access to Kwajalein,” said Senator Christopher Loeak, Chairman of the KNC.
		In addition to energy policy, his position on this committee provided Senator Johnston with an oversight role on the operations of federal lands and the territories of the United States, including eh 1983 Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
		Johnston & Associates communicates directly with the political leadership and legislative decision-makers involved with the issues that affect their clients.
	www.yokwe.net /preleases/knc.html (894 words)

	Chevron Press Release - Chevron Christens New Tanker The J. Bennett Johnston In Korea
		Mary Gunn Johnston christened the tanker vessel J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, named for her husband, who is a director of Chevron Corp.
		The tanker J. BENNETT JOHNSTON is the second in a series of four new double hull very large crude carriers (VLCC’s) being built by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
		Bennett Johnston, chief executive officer of Johnston and Associates, a governmental and business consulting firm, served in the U.S. Senate for 24 years.
	www.chevron.com /news/archive/chevron_press/1999/99-03-12-1.asp (284 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Reid vows to block Johnston in Cabinet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Johnston was the author of the 1987 so-called "Screw Nevada" bill that designated Yucca as the only site under consideration as the nation's first high-level nuclear waste dump.
		Reid said Johnston told him he was "thinking about" being Energy secretary, but it is not clear how seriously Bush is considering him as a front-runner for the job.
		Johnston's appointment would be "tantamount to a declaration of war on the environment," said Michael Mariotte of the Nuclear Information Resource Service.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2000/dec/19/511193695.html (469 words)

	Senator Johnston's Proposals for Regulatory Reform
		This arose from persistent demands by Senators Bennett Johnston (D-LA) and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and a loose coalition of Representatives, generally characterized by the media as relatively conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans.
		The Johnston amendment to S. 2019 required EPA to analyze risks to significant subpopulations in addition to risks to the population as a whole; this provision reflects concerns about relatively large risks to small groups with higher exposures or unusual sensitivity to environmental hazards.
		The Johnston amendments did not disclose their purpose, but would have ensured that the public and Congress were informed about EPA's estimated risks, costs and benefits of regulations and that officials have thought about them.
	www.piercelaw.edu /risk/vol6/winter/schierow.htm (4526 words)

	25roy1.htm
		Bennett Johnston (D-La.), the royalty relief bill’s author, went to the administration.
		Bennett Johnston (D-La.), who led the campaign for royalty relief raised more than $360,000 from the oil and gas industry.
		Bennett Johnston (D-La.) attached the royalty relief bill to the Alaska Power Administration Act, S. The bill became Public Law No. 104-58 on Nov. 28, 1995.
	www.opensecrets.org /pubs/cashingin_104th/25roy1.html (793 words)

	KWAJALEIN MISSILE RANGE OWNERS HIRE WASHINGTON INSIDER JOHNSTON - May 20, 2002
		Johnston told the public meeting that during its tenure in the islands of the former Trust Territory, the U.S. did some things well and some things not so well.
		Johnston’s son Hunter, who is an attorney with his Washington-based firm, said that it’s in the U.S. government’s long-term interests to address the Kwajalein missile range lease now.
		Bennett Johnston said that they are taking on Kwajalein from the standpoint of doing what’s right for the people of Kwajalein and for the Department of Defense.
	166.122.164.43 /archive/2002/May/05-20-07.htm (551 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bennett Johnston
		Although the firm had represented Lockheed Martin prior to Williams' arrival, the firm picked up two large defense contractors as clients once Williams was on board: Boeing, TRW and Northrop Grumman, for which the firm earned a total of more than $220,000.
		Johnston and Associates is more often employed by energy companies; its founder, J. Bennett Johnston, is a former Democratic senator from Louisiana who chaired the Energy Committee." (5)
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bennett-Johnston (215 words)

	J Bennett Johnston
		JOHNSTON, John Bennett, Jr., (father-in-law of Tim Roemer), a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport...
		Bennett Johnston (1932 -) Johnston's political career spanned 32 years, including 8 years in the Louisiana legislature and 24 years in the U.S. Senate.
		Senator J. Bennett Johnston's public political career spanned 32 years, including eight years in the Louisiana Legislature and 24 years in the United States Senate.
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/J._Bennett_Johnston (257 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The tribute is sponsored by the Johnston Tribute Steering Committee, a group of elected officials along with business and civic leaders from seven parishes.
		Johnston authored and passed legislation creating the National Center which is an effort by the National Park Service to advance the art and science of historic preservation.
		He is a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee and the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development which allocates more than $250 million each year for navigation, flood control, hurricane protection and other natural resources programs in Louisiana.
	www.nsula.edu /news/jbj01.htm (476 words)

	Bennett Johnston Jr. in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		(The position was filled from July to November 1972 by Governor Edwards' first wife, Elaine Schwartzburg Edwards, who served as an interim senator.) In office, Senator Johnston cultivated good relationships with the Louisiana media, for he realized that their collective portrayl of him would impact his electoral future.
		His son-in-law, former Democratic Representative Timothy J. Roemer of Indiana, was a member of the 9-11 Commission.
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	www.tutorgig.com /ed/Bennett_Johnston (920 words)

	KWAJALEIN LANDOWNERS RAISE PROFILE WITH HIRING OF J. BENNETT JOHNSTON - May 31, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		WITH HIRING OF J. What the Kwajalein Negotiation Commission (KNC) has done by hiring J. Bennett Johnston’s law firm is to bring a significant Washington, D.C. — based player into the picture to champion its cause.
		But it will certainly raise the profile of Kwajalein in the U.S. capitol because Johnston, a veteran of 24 years in the U.S. Senate, knows the ins and outs of Washington.
		Johnston brings added clout to Kwajalein and Marshall Islands issues in Washington, which is a welcome development.
	166.122.164.43 /archive/2002/May/05-31-28.htm (348 words)

	Former U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston Is Elected to Chevron Board of Directors
		Former U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston Is Elected to Chevron Board of Directors
		Johnston was deeply involved in all energy legislation considered by Congress.
		Sen. Johnston is currently the chief executive officer of Johnston and Associates, a governmental and business consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Johnston served in the Louisiana legislature for eight years prior to his election to the U.S. Senate.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/54045&EDATE= (290 words)

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