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hideyoursheep
01-15-2009, 04:44 AM
Clinton asked for more details on husband's donors
By SHARON THEIMER – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of state, rejected calls Tuesday for more details about donors to her husband's foundation, saying she has revealed enough to avoid even the hint of conflicts. An Associated Press review found that Clinton stepped in at least a half-dozen times on issues involving businesses and others who later gave to the charity.

Clinton said as secretary of state she will not be influenced to act on behalf of her husband's contributors, which include foreign governments.

"It will not be in the atmosphere," Clinton said.

Richard Lugar of Indiana was among GOP senators on the Foreign Relations Committee pressing for full transparency about contributors to the William J. Clinton Foundation and one of its main projects, the Clinton Global Initiative.

Under an agreement with Obama, Bill Clinton recently released the names of donors to his foundation, a nonprofit that has raised at least $492 million — including millions from Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments — to fund his library in Arkansas and charitable efforts worldwide on such issues as AIDS, poverty and climate change. He pledged to release similar information annually. The donor list doesn't provide exact amounts, background on donors such as their employers, or the dates of donations.

Lugar, the committee's top Republican, urged Hillary Clinton to immediately disclose donations of $50,000 or more; alert ethics officials when any gift of that size is pledged or given by a foreign entity, whether an overseas government, individual or business; and reveal the year a donation was made and the amount, or at least the range, of a donor's giving in that year.

Revealing pledges is particularly important, Lugar said: "So if we're going to have an argument it happens right then, and therefore if it's not a good idea, that it's stopped and the compromise for the State Department, for foreign policy, for you is prevented as rapidly as possible, within days rather than in months or in years."


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jukRz1P39g94NusdB_OuO7KUJU2AD95MILGG0


Why the sudden interest in 'disclosure'? When did W diclose anything? Just more partisan bullshit?
:confused:

Seshmeister
01-15-2009, 05:30 AM
There's a library in Arkansas???????????

hideyoursheep
01-15-2009, 06:20 AM
Pop-up books..

;)




I've got you're 'disclosure' right fukin' here!
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LoungeMachine
01-15-2009, 11:01 AM
There's a library in Arkansas???????????

And it looks like a FEMA trailer.....

:gulp:

kwame k
01-15-2009, 12:24 PM
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with Democrats predicting her leadership would mark a turn from warfare toward diplomacy.

The 16-1 approval by the committee paves the way for a full Senate vote after President-elect Barack Obama takes office on Jan. 20. Clinton is not expected to hit any major roadblocks, with Republicans and Democrats alike praising her acumen on the issues.

But concerns about her husband's charitable fundraising overseas remain. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, who was among several Republicans who raised the issue at her confirmation hearing earlier this week, cast the lone opposing vote.

In a statement, Vitter called former President Bill Clinton's foundation a "multimillion dollar minefield of conflicts of interest."

"This could produce explosions at any minute, particularly concerning the Middle East where we least need them," Vitter said.

Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said he too remains wary that contributions to the Clinton charity could pose a problem. But, he added, he wouldn't stand in the way of her appointment and noted that Clinton could become one of the nation's best secretaries of state to date.

Her departure from the Senate has been closely watched because it would give New York Gov. David Paterson, a fellow Democrat, the power to appoint her successor. Caroline Kennedy, the scion of a political dynasty, wants the job.

Clinton told the panel earlier this week that the U.S. must elevate the role of foreign policy and diplomacy in handling tough problems.

"America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America," she said. "The best way to advance America's interest in reducing global threats and seizing global opportunities is to design and implement global solutions. This isn't a philosophical point. This is our reality."

On Iraq, Clinton said ending the war is a priority. The first step will be moving troops out of cities by June, in line with an agreement already established between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government. The agreement calls for all U.S. troops to be gone by the end of 2011. Obama has said he believes the withdrawal can be accomplished more quickly.

Her testimony invigorated lawmakers, who said they agree that old-fashioned diplomacy must make a comeback in a U.S. agenda dominated by war.

"Our nation needs to put proactively more sandals and sneakers on the ground, in order to prevent having to put boots and bayonets on the ground in the future," said Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo.

Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the Foreign Relations Committee's top Republican, has proposed that Bill Clinton's foundation reject any overseas contributions and take other steps to improve transparency.

Clinton rejected Lugar's ideas, contending that her agreement to publish an annual list of the foundation's donors and alert ethics officials to potential conflicts of interest already goes above and beyond any ethics regulations.

Bill Clinton's charity, which financed his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., and efforts in dozens of countries to reduce poverty and treat AIDS, has relied on sizable donations from foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia.

After voting on Clinton's nomination, the Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from Susan Rice, whom Obama has picked as U.N. ambassador. Rice is considered a shoo-in as well.


Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/clinton_confirmation)

GAR
01-15-2009, 03:15 PM
I'm -classified adverb- -classifiedpronoun- that this -classified noun- could raise this much -classified- dough when the typical local public -classified- library annual donation goals are usually under 100,000.00.

-classified- Hillary, Arab -classified invective-!