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The suit was subsequently settled without payment in
February 2009. As part of the settlement, Ms. Iseman accepted the Times’ explanation, which appeared in a "Note to Readers" published in the newspaper. The "Note to Readers" said: "The article did not state, and The Times did not intend to
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reported that based on a press release, Iseman and fellow Acalde & Fay attorney
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in 1990. In 2006, she delivered the commencement address at her old high school, and would lobby for both that school and her alma mater during her career. Her family still lives in
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conclude, that Ms. Iseman had engaged in a romantic affair with
Senator McCain or an unethical relationship on behalf of her clients in breach of the public trust."
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working for the firm Iseman & Szelinga. As a lobbyist for the firm
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