yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/18/2008
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This business concerning Hillary Clinton’s potential appointment as Secretary of State and the finances of Bill Clinton’s foundation seems like a real issue to me. There’s nothing to be done about the fact that the Clinton Foundation has, in the past, gotten large sums of ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/26/2008
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From NBC’s Pete Williams If President-elect Barack Obama
nominates Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, many...
legal scholars believe it would be the former law professor's first violation of the Constitution as president. Why? Because ...
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HRC, State -- and the Constitution
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
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On CNN this afternoon Wolf Blitzer quoted some
critical stuff I wrote yesterday about making Hillary Clinton...
the Secretary of State. So I wanted to add some context. It's not just that I have doubts about the job Clinton might do as Secretary of ...
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More on HRC as SOS
politico.com - 11/19/2008
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Question: Off the top of your head, can you name anything the Clinton Global Iniative has done? (The AIDS initiative does not count.) It/he has received a lot of money from foreign governments and wealthy individuals. But for what? The mission is to "strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence."Which is extremely vague. If I didn't know any better, I'd say the CGI was a way for governments to shovel money to Bill on the mistaken impression that he still ...
A team player
Political Animal —
... late yesterday, but I tend to be skeptical about British newspaper reporting on U.S. political developments.) Working under the assumption that Clinton is at least on the short list to be the next Secretary of State, I've heard a few arguments why her selection would be problematic. Some are clearly more compelling than others. Yglesias noted , for example, the extensive money Bill Clinton has raised from foreign governments for his philanthropic work. "I don't really see how you could have a Secretary of State whose husband was engaged in that kind of fundraising," Matt ...
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