Published : Sunday, 21 Oct 2012, 2:01 PM CDT
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Republican Tommy Thompson’s campaign said the Wisconsin Senate candidate sold stock in four companies for $38,000 because they have ties to Iran.
Campaign spokeswoman Lisa Boothe identified the companies Friday as Royal Dutch Shell; Rio Tinto, a London-based mining company; Schlumberger, a Houston-based provider of oil-field services; and Total Petroleum, a petroleum-marketing company based in Africa.
“He rid himself of them as soon as he found out they had any business dealings with Iran, no matter how minor,” Boothe said in a statement.