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Robert Strauss, Democratic Kingmaker and Ambassador, Dies At 95

By JTA

Robert Strauss, the son of small-town Texas shopkeepers who became an adviser to presidents of both parties, died Wednesday at the age of 95. He helped found in 1945 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, the energy law firm that pioneered powerhouse lobbying after its 1971 move to Washington. Strauss, whose parents ran a general […]