Government adviser defends Solyndra despite ethics agreement

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The day after a senior Energy Department adviser was told to avoid discussing Solyndra's application for a $535 million federal loan, he defended the solar company's reputation in an exchange with a White House aide.
Steven J. Spinner, a major fundraiser for President Obama and a Silicon Valley investor tasked with helping the government invest in clean-technology companies, had an ethical conflict: His wife worked for Wilson Sonsini, a California law firm that represented Solyndra, the solar-panel maker, in its applications for the government loan.
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