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Teresa Heinz-Kerry |
The group Peaceful
Tomorrows, which bills itself as an
independent group of 9/11 victim families and
whose members have led the charge to force the
Bush re-election campaign to yank ads citing
the Twin Towers attacks, has direct financial
ties to the Heinz Foundation, the charitable
trust administered by the wife of likely
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
On its Web site, Peaceful
Tomorrows identifies itself as "a project
of the Tides Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization."
A December 2003 report in
the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review detailed the
financial relationship between the Tides
Center and the charitable foundation
controlled by Mrs. Heinz Kerry:
"Known as the Tides
Center for Pennsylvania, formerly the Tides
Center for Western Pennsylvania, it is a
creation of the Tides Foundation and Center,
headquartered in San Francisco, and two
Pennsylvania-based foundations – the Vira
Heinz Endowment and the Howard Heinz Endowment
– chaired by Teresa Heinz Kerry."
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