Today on the presidential campaign trail

Saudi leaders made clear Friday, despite a personal appeal from Bush, that they see no reason to increase oil production until buyers demand it.

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McCain asks staff to disclose lobbying ties

WASHINGTON (AP) -John McCain's campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials employed by a public relations firm that worked for Myanmar's repressive military junta.

A memo from McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, also instructs staff to make certain they are no longer registered as lobbyists or foreign agents.

It was issued following the resignations of Doug Goodyear, who was to run the Republican National Convention, and Doug Davenport, a regional campaign director for the mid-Atlantic states. Both worked for DCI Group, a consulting firm hired to improve the image of Myanmar's military junta.

"I found out that two people had, some years ago, been involved with the government of Burma, so I needed to fix the problem, and we needed to fix it policy-wise," McCain told reporters Friday on his campaign bus.

Past lobbying work does not automatically disqualify someone from working for the campaign. Davis and another senior adviser to McCain, Charlie Black, were longtime lobbyists but now have severed their lobbying ties.

Like Goodyear and Davenport, Black and Davis have lobbied for foreign governments. And the campaign has other staffers and advisers who are registered lobbyists.

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