Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2008-04-09
Author: Lorraine Woellert
Intro: Mark Penn continues to roil Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign after the announcement that he was being replaced as top strategist for helping Colombia promote a trade accord. .. .
The campaign said it stripped Penn of part of his portfolio after the Colombian government fired Burson- Marsteller, the public relations firm where he is chief executive officer. . . .
Penn, 54, has also worked counter to Clinton's position on the environment and energy. Last year, he wrote in an internal company blog about how Burson worked ``behind the scenes'' for TXU Corp., a Texas company seeking to build power plants fueled by pulverized coal, which some environmentalists say would be major polluters.
At the time, Clinton was pushing for more research into new energy technologies to help stem greenhouse gases and reduce dependence on foreign oil. Other Burson clients include tobacco companies and drugmakers.
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