AT&T, Microsoft Among Corporate Donors to Obama Inaugural
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AT&T Inc., whose political action committee backed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is among the first donors to President Barack Obama’s inaugural committee, according to a contributors list released yesterday.
Besides Dallas-based AT&T, the initial list includes St. Louis-based Centene Corp., San Francisco-based Genentech Inc. and Microsoft Corp. For his second inaugural, Obama reversed his 2009 policy and agreed to accept corporate contributions. Obama officially will take the oath of office in a private ceremony on Jan. 20, a Sunday, then deliver his inaugural speech and celebrate the occasion on Jan. 21.