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How the Clintons Get Away With It
Peggy Noonan
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"Know who you are standing with"
"Show me your friends and I'll show you your future"
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HILLY HAS IRAQ WOES LIKE NO OTHER
Of all of the questions Hilly Clinton will evade on the campaign trail this week, none are more important than those she will not answer on Iraq. Clinton holds the unique distinction in the 2016 field of having supported the unpopular Iraq policies of both George W. Bush and Barack nObama.
She supported Bush’s invasion and nObama’s withdrawal, and in both cases was tracking with public opinion when she started. After Bush’s war got unpopular, Clinton recanted. And one supposes that as nObama’s policy for that woe-begotten nation and its region continues to displease voters, Clinton will be tempted to recant her support for the nObama doctrine too. The fall of Ramadi to Islamist militants will no doubt hasten Clinton’s consideration of a political exit strategy.
Clinton might be expected to lay out her vision for the future. After all, she argued for an earlier intervention against the Syrian dictator nObama is now helping to stay in power. There’s some inventory to move here. We have learned in detail the thoughts of Bush’s younger brother, Jeb, on the war, as well as what other Republicans think about what the Bushes think and so on. But as for Clinton we do not know even the slightest inkling of her current thinking.
The WaPo points out today that Clinton’s NASCAR-length series of left turns is designed to reconstruct the winning nObama coalition. But missing is the most important ingredient in nbama’s original recipe: foreign policy. nObama beat her with his opposition to the Iraq war, so she certainly knows it. But Clinton also knows that all of her potential general election foes will be ready to rip into the nObama record on foreign affairs and national security.
When Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., goes after Clinton, for instance, it’s not on domestic issues but on foreign policy. Walker
Of all of the questions Hilly Clinton will evade on the campaign trail this week, none are more important than those she will not answer on Iraq. Clinton holds the unique distinction in the 2016 field of having supported the unpopular Iraq policies of both George W. Bush and Barack nObama.
She supported Bush’s invasion and nObama’s withdrawal, and in both cases was tracking with public opinion when she started. After Bush’s war got unpopular, Clinton recanted. And one supposes that as nObama’s policy for that woe-begotten nation and its region continues to displease voters, Clinton will be tempted to recant her support for the nObama doctrine too. The fall of Ramadi to Islamist militants will no doubt hasten Clinton’s consideration of a political exit strategy.
Clinton might be expected to lay out her vision for the future. After all, she argued for an earlier intervention against the Syrian dictator nObama is now helping to stay in power. There’s some inventory to move here. We have learned in detail the thoughts of Bush’s younger brother, Jeb, on the war, as well as what other Republicans think about what the Bushes think and so on. But as for Clinton we do not know even the slightest inkling of her current thinking.
The WaPo points out today that Clinton’s NASCAR-length series of left turns is designed to reconstruct the winning nObama coalition. But missing is the most important ingredient in nbama’s original recipe: foreign policy. nObama beat her with his opposition to the Iraq war, so she certainly knows it. But Clinton also knows that all of her potential general election foes will be ready to rip into the nObama record on foreign affairs and national security.
When Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc., goes after Clinton, for instance, it’s not on domestic issues but on foreign policy. Walker
told CBS News on Sunday that every region that Clinton focused on “is largely a failure, a mess.” His critique foreshadows the attacks that will come from the Republican nominee regardless of who survives the 2016 GOP Thunderdome.
But Clinton can’t jump too hard away from nObama since the base voters she is working so hard to woo with her domestic policy reversals believe the current president has been, if anything, too bellicose – he of the flying killer robots, domestic spying and desk-drawer kill lists.
Will the domestic sprint leftward give Clinton the chance to duck on foreign policy long enough to lock up her nomination and then reinvent herself as a McCain-style interventionist in the general election? That depends on how long she can stonewall the press.
“She has to do it quickly and she has to get into the rhythm of a campaign where she’s out there, she’s answering questions, she’s making speeches. It would be a terrible mistake to not do that.” – Top nObama strategist David Axelrod to NBC News on Clinton’s press avoidance strategy. -Fox News
But Clinton can’t jump too hard away from nObama since the base voters she is working so hard to woo with her domestic policy reversals believe the current president has been, if anything, too bellicose – he of the flying killer robots, domestic spying and desk-drawer kill lists.
Will the domestic sprint leftward give Clinton the chance to duck on foreign policy long enough to lock up her nomination and then reinvent herself as a McCain-style interventionist in the general election? That depends on how long she can stonewall the press.
“She has to do it quickly and she has to get into the rhythm of a campaign where she’s out there, she’s answering questions, she’s making speeches. It would be a terrible mistake to not do that.” – Top nObama strategist David Axelrod to NBC News on Clinton’s press avoidance strategy. -Fox News
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WARREN WARNING
It’s not like Elizabeth Warren is getting ready to launch a campaign, but she showed in clear relief last week how she generates passion among Democratic activists. Liberals, including one Senate colleague, accused the president of sexism for his attack on her as “a politician like everybody else.” Whatever arrangement Warren has made with Hilly Clinton about 2016 and policies and personnel in another Clinton administration is only as durable as the two politicians’ relative standings. Warren’s totemic status for the left of her party and, evidently, unassailable positions shows how difficult she could yet make life for Clinton. So far, though, Clinton is saying all the right things to please her party’s liberal base. -Fox News
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WITH YOUR SECOND CUP OF COFFEE
For those who watched Don Draper end “Mad Men” as he began it – surfing the zeitgeist riptide – you might wonder about the actual story of the iconic Coca-Cola campaign that taught two generations a tune about living in “perfect harmony.” It used countercultural ideas and images appropriated for mainstream the same way that shows like “The Partridge Family” and other groovy ‘70s offerings did. Coca-Cola, no doubt happy for this second flash for one of the most successful campaigns in history, offers the true history of the spot: “Five hundred young people were hired for the chorus from embassies and schools in Rome. This was a substantial reduction from the original rained-out chorus. A British governess … found pushing a baby carriage in the Piazza Navona was hired for the lead female role. … Some of the distinctive camera angles were forced on the crew as they tried to avoid power and telephone lines.” -Fox News
For those who watched Don Draper end “Mad Men” as he began it – surfing the zeitgeist riptide – you might wonder about the actual story of the iconic Coca-Cola campaign that taught two generations a tune about living in “perfect harmony.” It used countercultural ideas and images appropriated for mainstream the same way that shows like “The Partridge Family” and other groovy ‘70s offerings did. Coca-Cola, no doubt happy for this second flash for one of the most successful campaigns in history, offers the true history of the spot: “Five hundred young people were hired for the chorus from embassies and schools in Rome. This was a substantial reduction from the original rained-out chorus. A British governess … found pushing a baby carriage in the Piazza Navona was hired for the lead female role. … Some of the distinctive camera angles were forced on the crew as they tried to avoid power and telephone lines.” -Fox News
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On the Radar - Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham
The doctor is in, and he’s got a tough diagnosis for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. As the latest Fox News poll shows, Ben Carson’s campaign kickoff vaulted him into a tie with frontrunner Jeb Bush. Adding to his momentum, Carson’s Facebook interactions, meaning comments, shares, or likes, were nearly double that of the rest of his competitors. Cruz, who has positioned himself as the leader of the most conservative wing of the party, needs to see the right wing solidifying not adopting the boom and bust cycle that plagued the movement in 2012. As Charlie Cookpoints out, in a field this volatile and with deep-pocketed donors making big plays it will be tough for well-known candidates like Cruz to crowd out upstarts like Carson. -Fox News
The doctor is in, and he’s got a tough diagnosis for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. As the latest Fox News poll shows, Ben Carson’s campaign kickoff vaulted him into a tie with frontrunner Jeb Bush. Adding to his momentum, Carson’s Facebook interactions, meaning comments, shares, or likes, were nearly double that of the rest of his competitors. Cruz, who has positioned himself as the leader of the most conservative wing of the party, needs to see the right wing solidifying not adopting the boom and bust cycle that plagued the movement in 2012. As Charlie Cookpoints out, in a field this volatile and with deep-pocketed donors making big plays it will be tough for well-known candidates like Cruz to crowd out upstarts like Carson. -Fox News
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Frightening: This picture, supposedly showing how ISIS fighters are in Rome, was shared on Twitter
Terror: The pictures taken by landmarks and in train stations were translated and shared by watch group SIte
Isis has now infiltrated all across Europe and is waiting to strike
(themuslimissue.wordpress.com) - Flouting their terror credentials, with Rome’s Colosseum as the backdrop, ISIS supporters have posted photos purporting to show they are already in Europe and counting down ‘till the zero hour’... The alarming images, published on Twitter, have emerged as Libyan intelligence claims that the Islamic State are exploiting the Mediterranean refugee emergency to send its fighters into the heart of Europe. ISIS have made frightening inroads into Libya in recent months taking control of several cities including Sirte, Gaddafi’s birthplace. They'll be in the United States soon. https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/isis-has-now-infiltrated-all-across-europe-and-is-waiting-to-strike/
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Hilly’s Email Pen Pal, and Employee of Clinton Foundation
(theconservativetreehouse.com) - The New York Times has a new article outlining the relationship between Hilly Clinton, the State Department, the Clinton Foundation, and her pal Sidney Blumenthal. However, they somewhat bury the lede regarding the impression that Blumenthal was leveraging Hilly for a group of business partners (he led) who wanting to invest in Libya... […] as Hilly Rodham Clinton embarks on her second presidential bid, Mr. Blumenthal’s service to the Clintons is once again under the spotlight. Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, a Republican who is leading the congressional committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, plans to subpoena Mr. Blumenthal, 66, for a private transcribed interview. Mr. Gowdy’s chief interest, according to people briefed on the inquiry, is a series of memos that Mr. Blumenthal — who was not an employee of the State Department — wrote to Mrs. Clinton about events unfolding in Libya before and after the death of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/05/18/hillarys-email-pen-pal-and-employee-of-clinton-foundation-leveraging-her-state-position-for-libyan-business-opportunity/
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Confirmation US WAS Running Weapons Through Benghazi to Syria
(tpnn.com) - When the US Ambassador to Libya and three others were killed in a terrorist attack on the compound in Benghazi, the nObama administration was running weapons through Benghazi to Syria... The attack occurred by no coincidence on September 11, 2012, Fox News reported that the US was sending guns to Banias and Borj Islam, Syria before the Benghazi terrorist attack: Hilly Clinton denied any knowledge, something she’s claimed on many occasions, while being grilled by Senator Rand Paul on the matter. From the Transcript: More bad news for Hilly! http://www.tpnn.com/2015/05/18/breaking-video-confirmation-us-was-running-weapons-through-benghazi-to-syria/
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Hypocritical hnaoi John Kerry Invests Millions In Fossil Fuel Stocks
(Jeff Dunetz) - Secretary of State hanoi Kerry has been a vocal supporter of the Global Warming hypothesis. Like his boss the president he talks about everyone who is skeptical of the theory as somewhere between ignorant and evil (and sometimes both)... He even said that climate change is worse than terrorism. But if hanoi Kerry is so attached to the climate changes story...why does he invest so much money in fossil fuel stocks? In the Heartland Blog, Ron Arnold exposes some of hanoi Kerry's investments. Public records indicated that Secretary hanoi Kerry personally owned an estimated three to six million dollars in stocks of more than 50 oil and gas-related companies. Records from 2004 show that he’s been constantly and deeply invested in fossil fuels for at least a decade, and is still injecting millions in working capital into the very industries he condemns. http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2015/05/hypocritical-john-kerry-invests.html?utm_source=The+Lid+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb0ad1a6b7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_597b72c01c-cb0ad1a6b7-291705165&goal=0_597b72c01c-cb0ad1a6b7-291705165
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Legitimizing the Groups that Hate You
(Samuel Westrop) - On May 21, a representative of a prominent British Jewish charity, the Anne Frank Trust, willshare a platform with one of Britain's most anti-Semitic extremists: the Salafist preacher, Abdurraheem Green... The event, organized by the Islamic Diversity Centre, is named "Against Racism Against Hatred: Tackling Anti-Semitism & Islamophobia." The speaker, Abdurraheem Green, has spoken of a "Yehudi [Jewish] ... stench" and urged Muslims to "push them [Jews] to the side." In addition, he encourages men to hit their wives to "bring them to goodness," and has called for the killing of homosexuals and adulterers. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5778/uk-hate-groups
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American Jews: The Last Leftist Jews in the World
(Daniel Greenfield) - Clip on a nametag, pick up a paper cup of lukewarm water and you can sit down in the audience at a thousand liberal Jewish establishment panels where the likes of Peter Beinart or Jeffrey Goldberg will sanctimoniously lecture their bored audience on the growing gap between American Jews and Israel... Yawn through the usual references to “settlements”, “democratic character” and “one state solution.” Wake up just in time for the sales pitch for J Street and tough love BDS for the Jewish State. And then go out and get some fresh air. The gap isn’t between Israeli and American Jews; it’s between American Jews and the rest of the world. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/dgreenfield/american-jews-the-last-leftist-jews-in-the-world/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9472b87ee0-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-9472b87ee0-156509103
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The Fall of Ramadi
(Christopher S. Carson) - This past week, the ISIS terrorist army kicked off its final assault into the Iraqi city of Ramadi by sending six jihadis to blow themselves up in cars next to the Iraqi Army (IA) front lines. The horde then pushed through the city center, sending IA forces to flee, and entered the government headquarters for all of Anbar Province... Soon the ISIS black flag was snapping smartly in the wind over the capital buildings. Apparently uninterested in future administration, ISIS later set fire to the compound for good measure. True to form, ISIS then opted to take the central city residents prisoner, confiscating their cell phones and publicly executing more than 50 tribal fighters who had opposed them. A police officer who fled toldMcClatchy news service reporter Mitchell Prothero that the people fleeing “are begging anyone to save them after the Iraqi government abandoned them because of fears that the Daesh will massacre their sons.” IA officials have now ordered the ragtag troops and some civilians into a soccer stadium on the outskirts of Ramadi for helicopter evacuation. http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/christopher-s-carson/the-fall-of-ramadi/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9472b87ee0-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag&utm_term=0_57e32c1dad-9472b87ee0-156509103
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Alfonzo Rachel GOES OFF On Michelle nObama
(Alfonzo Rachel) - You are the first freaking lady of the United States and you’re still a spoiled butt-hurt victim, whining about unfairness... You’re not interested in representing the United States, you’re not interested in representing ALL the people, your interest is in representing the black community and as the first lady you have represented us as bitter and spoiled.
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Alan Dershowitz: nObama is a “Foreign Policy Disaster”
(nicedeb.wordpress.com) - During an interview with Newsmax’s JD Hayworth, liberal Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz had some harsh words for Barack nObama... Dersh was on Newsmax TV to talk about the coming nuclear arms race in the Middle East as other Arab nations declare their resolve to match Iran in nuclear bombs – a charming development for which we can thank President “Smart Power” nObama. Dershowitz said nObama would go down in history as a “foreign policy disaster,” saying his terrible negotiations with Iran put the US in an impossible situation. https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/alan-dershowitz-obama-is-a-foreign-policy-disaster/
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nObama, Clinton Cover-up, Lies Exposed – They Knew The Truth
(rickwells.us) - On Monday Judicial Watch released the latest bombshell information exposing the deceit, corruption and treachery at the top of the nObama White House to the American people... Based upon declassified documents they received from both the Department of Defense and the State Department, there can be no more denials. They knew what happened at Benghazi, they knew it was a premeditated attack, they knew we were shipping arms to Syria from Benghazi and they knew of ISIS and their intentions. The “they who knew included all relevant nObama officials, with Hussein nObama, Hilly Clinton, Leon Panetta, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the White House Security Council being informed of the nature of the Benghazi attack within one day. Wow, they won't be smiling now. They'll be trying to lie to cover up. Or blaming one another. http://rickwells.us/obama-clinton-cover-up-lies-exposed-judicial-watch-foia-they-knew-the-truth-immediately/
How the Clintons Get Away With It
Peggy Noonan
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(peggynoonan.com) - I have read the Peter Schweizer book “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hilly Rich.” It is something. Because it is heavily researched and reported and soberly analyzed, it is a highly effective take down. Because its tone is modest—Mr. Schweizer doesn’t pretend to more than he has, or take wild interpretive leaps—it is believable..
By the end I was certain of two things. A formal investigation, from Congress or the Justice Department, is needed to determine if Hilly Clinton’s State Department functioned, at least to some degree and in some cases, as a pay-for-play operation and whether the Clinton Foundation has functioned, at least in part, as a kind of high-class philanthropic slush fund.
By the end I was certain of two things. A formal investigation, from Congress or the Justice Department, is needed to determine if Hilly Clinton’s State Department functioned, at least to some degree and in some cases, as a pay-for-play operation and whether the Clinton Foundation has functioned, at least in part, as a kind of high-class philanthropic slush fund.
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I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency except Hilly Clinton could survive such a book. I suspect she can because the Clintons are unique in the annals of American politics: They are protected from charges of corruption by their reputation for corruption. It’s not news anymore. They’re like . . . Bonnie and Clyde go on a spree, hold up a bunch of banks, it causes a sensation, there’s a trial, and they’re acquitted. They walk out of the courthouse, get in a car, rob a bank, get hauled in, complain they’re being picked on—“Why are you always following us?”—and again, not guilty. They rob the next bank and no one cares. “That’s just Bonnie and Clyde doing what Bonnie and Clyde do. No one else cares, why should I?”
I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency except Hilly Clinton could survive such a book. I suspect she can because the Clintons are unique in the annals of American politics: They are protected from charges of corruption by their reputation for corruption. It’s not news anymore. They’re like . . . Bonnie and Clyde go on a spree, hold up a bunch of banks, it causes a sensation, there’s a trial, and they’re acquitted. They walk out of the courthouse, get in a car, rob a bank, get hauled in, complain they’re being picked on—“Why are you always following us?”—and again, not guilty. They rob the next bank and no one cares. “That’s just Bonnie and Clyde doing what Bonnie and Clyde do. No one else cares, why should I?”
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Mr. Schweizer announces upfront that he cannot prove wrongdoing, only patterns of behavior. There is no memo that says, “To all staff: If we deal this week with any issues regarding Country A, I want you to know country A just gave my husband $750,000 for a speech, so give them what they want.” Even if Mrs. Clinton hadn’t destroyed her emails, no such memo would be found. (Though patterns, dates and dynamics might be discerned.)
Mr. Schweizer announces upfront that he cannot prove wrongdoing, only patterns of behavior. There is no memo that says, “To all staff: If we deal this week with any issues regarding Country A, I want you to know country A just gave my husband $750,000 for a speech, so give them what they want.” Even if Mrs. Clinton hadn’t destroyed her emails, no such memo would be found. (Though patterns, dates and dynamics might be discerned.)
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Mr. Schweizer writes of “the flow of tens of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation . . . from foreign governments, corporations, and financiers.” It is illegal for foreign nationals to give to U.S. political campaigns, but foreign money, given as donations to the Clinton Foundation or speaking fees, comes in huge amounts: “No one has even come close in recent years to enriching themselves on the scale of the Clintons while they or a spouse continued to serve in public office.” The speaking fees Bill commands are “enormous and unprecedented,” as high as $750,000 a speech. On occasion they have been paid by nations or entities that had “matters of importance sitting on Hilly’s desk” when she was at State.
Mr. Schweizer writes of “the flow of tens of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation . . . from foreign governments, corporations, and financiers.” It is illegal for foreign nationals to give to U.S. political campaigns, but foreign money, given as donations to the Clinton Foundation or speaking fees, comes in huge amounts: “No one has even come close in recent years to enriching themselves on the scale of the Clintons while they or a spouse continued to serve in public office.” The speaking fees Bill commands are “enormous and unprecedented,” as high as $750,000 a speech. On occasion they have been paid by nations or entities that had “matters of importance sitting on Hilly’s desk” when she was at State.
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From 2001 through 2012 Bill collected $105.5 million for speeches and raised hundreds of millions for the foundation. When she was nominated, Hilly said she saw no conflict. President nObama pressed for a memorandum of understanding in which the Clintons would agree to submit speeches to State’s ethics office, disclose the names of major donors to the foundation, and seek administration approval before accepting direct contributions to the foundation from foreign governments. The Clintons accepted the agreement and violated it “almost immediately.” Revealingly, they amassed wealth primarily by operating “at the fringes of the developed world.” Their “most lucrative transactions” did not involve countries like Germany and Britain, where modern ethical rules and procedures are in force, but emerging nations, where regulations are lax.
From 2001 through 2012 Bill collected $105.5 million for speeches and raised hundreds of millions for the foundation. When she was nominated, Hilly said she saw no conflict. President nObama pressed for a memorandum of understanding in which the Clintons would agree to submit speeches to State’s ethics office, disclose the names of major donors to the foundation, and seek administration approval before accepting direct contributions to the foundation from foreign governments. The Clintons accepted the agreement and violated it “almost immediately.” Revealingly, they amassed wealth primarily by operating “at the fringes of the developed world.” Their “most lucrative transactions” did not involve countries like Germany and Britain, where modern ethical rules and procedures are in force, but emerging nations, where regulations are lax.
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How did it work? “Bill flew around the world making speeches and burnishing his reputation as a global humanitarian and wise man. Very often on these trips he was accompanied by ‘close friends’ or associates who happened to have business interests pending in these countries.” Introductions were made, conversations had. “Meanwhile, bureaucratic or legislative obstacles were mysteriously cleared or approvals granted within the purview of his wife, the powerful senator or secretary of state.”
How did it work? “Bill flew around the world making speeches and burnishing his reputation as a global humanitarian and wise man. Very often on these trips he was accompanied by ‘close friends’ or associates who happened to have business interests pending in these countries.” Introductions were made, conversations had. “Meanwhile, bureaucratic or legislative obstacles were mysteriously cleared or approvals granted within the purview of his wife, the powerful senator or secretary of state.”
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Mr. Schweizer tells a story with national-security implications. Kazakhstan has rich uranium deposits, coveted by those who’d make or sell nuclear reactors or bombs. In 2006 Bill Clinton meets publicly and privately with Kazakhstan’s dictator, an unsavory character in need of respectability. Bill brings along a friend, a Canadian mining tycoon named Frank Giustra. Mr. Giustra wanted some mines. Then the deal was held up. A Kazakh official later said Sen. Clinton became involved. Mr. Giustra got what he wanted.
Mr. Schweizer tells a story with national-security implications. Kazakhstan has rich uranium deposits, coveted by those who’d make or sell nuclear reactors or bombs. In 2006 Bill Clinton meets publicly and privately with Kazakhstan’s dictator, an unsavory character in need of respectability. Bill brings along a friend, a Canadian mining tycoon named Frank Giustra. Mr. Giustra wanted some mines. Then the deal was held up. A Kazakh official later said Sen. Clinton became involved. Mr. Giustra got what he wanted.
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Soon after, he gave the Clinton Foundation $31.3 million. A year later Mr. Giustra’s company merged with a South African concern called Uranium One. Shareholders later wrote millions of dollars in checks to the Clinton Foundation. Mr. Giustra announced a commitment of $100 million to a joint venture, the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative.
Soon after, he gave the Clinton Foundation $31.3 million. A year later Mr. Giustra’s company merged with a South African concern called Uranium One. Shareholders later wrote millions of dollars in checks to the Clinton Foundation. Mr. Giustra announced a commitment of $100 million to a joint venture, the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative.
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It doesn’t end there. When Hilly was secretary of state, Russia moved for a bigger piece of the world uranium market. The Russians wanted to acquire Uranium One, which had significant holdings in the U.S. That meant the acquisition would require federal approval. Many had reservations: Would Russian control of so much U.S. uranium be in America’s interests? The State Department was among the agencies that had to sign off. Money from interested parties rolled into the foundation. The deal was approved. The result? “Half of projected American uranium production” was “transferred to a private company controlled” by Russia, which soon owned it outright.
It doesn’t end there. When Hilly was secretary of state, Russia moved for a bigger piece of the world uranium market. The Russians wanted to acquire Uranium One, which had significant holdings in the U.S. That meant the acquisition would require federal approval. Many had reservations: Would Russian control of so much U.S. uranium be in America’s interests? The State Department was among the agencies that had to sign off. Money from interested parties rolled into the foundation. The deal was approved. The result? “Half of projected American uranium production” was “transferred to a private company controlled” by Russia, which soon owned it outright.
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What would a man like Vladimir Putin think when he finds out he can work the U.S. system like this? He’d think it deeply decadent. He’d think it weak. Is that why he laughs when we lecture him on morals?
What would a man like Vladimir Putin think when he finds out he can work the U.S. system like this? He’d think it deeply decadent. He’d think it weak. Is that why he laughs when we lecture him on morals?
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Mr. Schweizer offers a tough view of the Clinton Foundation itself. It is not a “traditional charity,” in that there is a problem “delineating where the Clinton political machines and moneymaking ventures end and where their charity begins.” The causes it promotes—preventing obesity, alleviating AIDS suffering—are worthy, and it does some good, but mostly it functions as a middleman. The foundation’s website shows the Clintons holding sick children in Africa, but unlike Doctors Without Borders and Samaritan’s Purse, the foundation does “little hands-on humanitarian work.” It employs longtime Clinton associates and aides, providing jobs “to those who served the Clintons when in power and who may serve them again.” The Better Business Bureau in 2013 said it failed to meet minimum standards of accountability and transparency. Mr. Schweizer notes that “at least four Clinton Foundation trustees have either been charged or convicted of financial crimes including bribery and fraud.”
Mr. Schweizer offers a tough view of the Clinton Foundation itself. It is not a “traditional charity,” in that there is a problem “delineating where the Clinton political machines and moneymaking ventures end and where their charity begins.” The causes it promotes—preventing obesity, alleviating AIDS suffering—are worthy, and it does some good, but mostly it functions as a middleman. The foundation’s website shows the Clintons holding sick children in Africa, but unlike Doctors Without Borders and Samaritan’s Purse, the foundation does “little hands-on humanitarian work.” It employs longtime Clinton associates and aides, providing jobs “to those who served the Clintons when in power and who may serve them again.” The Better Business Bureau in 2013 said it failed to meet minimum standards of accountability and transparency. Mr. Schweizer notes that “at least four Clinton Foundation trustees have either been charged or convicted of financial crimes including bribery and fraud.”
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There’s more. Mrs. Clinton has yet to address any of it.
There’s more. Mrs. Clinton has yet to address any of it.
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If the book is true—if it’s half-true—it is a dirty story.
If the book is true—if it’s half-true—it is a dirty story.
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It would be good if the public, the Democratic Party and the Washington political class would register some horror, or at least dismay.
It would be good if the public, the Democratic Party and the Washington political class would register some horror, or at least dismay.
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I write on the eve of the 70th anniversary of V-E Day, May 8, 1945. America had just saved the world. The leaders of the world respected us—a great people led by tough men. What do they think now? Scary to think, isn’t it?
I write on the eve of the 70th anniversary of V-E Day, May 8, 1945. America had just saved the world. The leaders of the world respected us—a great people led by tough men. What do they think now? Scary to think, isn’t it?
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