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Clinton Foundation Releases Donors
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... We plan on digging in, to see if any shady characters have funded the Clintons' (very noble) post-presidency activities as part of some kind of quid pro quo, but at the moment it seems like the rush of journalists with the same intentions has knocked the site on its rear end. You can check in on the contributor list after it gets back up here. ...
Foreign Governments Gave Clinton Foundation $46 Million
Drudge Retort —
Former President Clinton's foundation has raised at least $46 million from foreign governments, including $10 to $25 million from Saudi Arabia, which were revealed when the foundation released a contributor list on its web site. Posted by ...
Clinton Foundation Donors
The Washington Note —
I was notified this morning that the Clinton Foundation had posted on its website its roster of donors.
Good luck looking to it and through it -- which I did at length in the first few minutes after receiving the email.
But ever since, the Clinton Foundation site has been crashing. Tons of traffic.
Here is the release from the Foundation:
Clinton Foundation Donors: List Revealed
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... donors, and continued to do so during Hillary Clinton's 2007-08 presidential campaign.
Names surfaced nonetheless. Several news organizations unearthed foreign-government donors, and in 2001, Bill Clinton gave a list of 150 top foundation donors to a House committee investigating his pardon of fugitive businessman Marc Rich, whose ex-wife, Denise Rich, gave the library foundation at least $450,000.
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On the Net:
Clinton Foundation contributors: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors
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Beth Fouhy reported from New York. ...
Clinton Foundation Donors: List Revealed
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... donors, and continued to do so during Hillary Clinton's 2007-08 presidential campaign.
Names surfaced nonetheless. Several news organizations unearthed foreign-government donors, and in 2001, Bill Clinton gave a list of 150 top foundation donors to a House committee investigating his pardon of fugitive businessman Marc Rich, whose ex-wife, Denise Rich, gave the library foundation at least $450,000.
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On the Net:
Clinton Foundation contributors: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors
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Beth Fouhy reported from New York. ...
War and Piece — ... : "The governments of Saudi Arabia and Norway, the Dubai Foundation and the business moguls Bill Gates, Stephen Bing, Haim Saban and Robert L. Johnson are among the biggest financial backers of former President Bill Clintons foundation over the last decade, according to a complete donor list published for the first time Thursday morning." Posted by Laura at December 18, 2008 01:44 PM
Bill Clinton Releases Donor Information
Daily Kos —
... met privately Wednesday with staff of incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry of Massachusetts and ranking Republican Dick Lugar of Indiana to discuss the foundation's activities and review a memorandum of understanding drawn up by the Clinton and Obama teams. While there may be a few unsavory donors on the list, ultimately, the path seems clear for Hillary Clinton to be confirmed next month. A complete list of contributors can be found here.
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MEDIA ALERT: NPR's All Things Considered
The Washington Note —
For those interested, here is the audio and text of a clip on the Clinton Foundation's donor list which was made public yesterday.
I spent some time speaking on the subject to Peter Overby of National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
-- Steve Clemons
