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Clinton May Need to Pay Debt Before Accepting Post
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... However, a piece in the Wall Street Journal suggests Bill Clinton is going to extraordinary measures to assure the Obama team that his charitable and business activities will not present conflicts for his wife should she join the administration. ...
Bill Clinton: I'll Do What It Takes For Hillary As SOS
TalkLeft —
So sez the WSJ: Former President Bill Clinton has offered to submit future charitable and business activities to strict ethics reviews if his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, were nominated as secretary of state, according to Democrats familiar with the deliberations. He has also agreed for the first time to disclose many of the previous donors to his efforts. "Bill Clinton will not be the obstacle to whether Hillary gets this job or not," said one Democrat familiar with the situation. Another person added: "He's willing to be as ...
Kennedy asks Hillary to Head Senate Healthcare Team
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... an alternative Tuesday -- to be a senior member of the Senate team aiming to overhaul the nation's healthcare system. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), who has announced plans to craft sweeping healthcare legislation next year, asked the former presidential contender to head a working group focused on insurance coverage. Clinton had no immediate reaction to Kennedy's invitation. Madam Secretary? Bill Clinton Seeks to Smooth Wife's Path Dem sources: Clinton to help ...
William Bradley: S.O.S. Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the Wall Street Journal reported this morning, President Clinton has agreed to submit his future endeavours to strict ethics reviews by the White House counsel and the State Department's ethics office. Obama's White House counsel will be Greg Craig, a former Clinton Administration official who broke with the Clintons and leveled tough criticisms of them during the primary campaign. ...
William Bradley: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Masterstroke, Mousetrap, Or Both?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the Wall Street Journal reported this morning, President Clinton has agreed to submit his future endeavours to strict ethics reviews by the White House counsel and the State Department's ethics office. Obama's White House counsel will be Greg Craig, a former Clinton Administration official who broke with the Clintons and leveled tough criticisms of them during the primary campaign. ...
Bill 'Helping' Hillary to Become the Next Secretary of State
Taylor Marsh —
... "Bill Clinton will not be the obstacle to whether Hillary gets this
job or not," said one Democrat familiar with the situation. Another person
added: "He’s willing to be as transparent as the Obama world wants."
- The
Wall Street Journal ...
Obama Introduces Bubba To New Concept -- Submission
BAGnewsNotes —
... What is perhaps most noteworthy about the Clinton/Secretary of State vetting process this week is the degree to which the supposedly untamable Bill Clinton has come to be identified with the word "submit" -- as in: submit past, present and future charitable and business activities to strict ethics review. (So remarkable was this turn of events, by the way, that the NY Observer ran ...
Those Talented Clintons, Defying Expectations Again
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... That, uh, sage advice really did form the conventional wisdom when news first leaked that the former first lady was on the short list to be Secretary of State. ...
