Hillary Clinton Answers Questions on Iraq, Emails, the Foundation and Wealth
Source: New York Times
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed reporters Tuesday, fielding questions on topics ranging from her personal wealth and her familys foundation to the deteriorating situation in Iraq, saying at one point that she made a mistake as a United States senator in voting to authorize the war in Iraq.
Mrs. Clinton, who has been criticized for weeks by Republicans and members of the national news media for her unwillingness to engage with the political press corps, approached journalists and answered five questions after a round-table discussion in Cedar Falls focusing on small business creation.
I am so proud of the foundation, Mrs. Clinton said in response to a question about the controversy surrounding foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. Ill let the American people make their own judgments.
Mrs. Clinton also defended her relationship with Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime friend and confidant who was paid by the Clinton Foundation and offered her advice about the situation in Libya while she served as secretary of state.
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Autumn
(44,748 posts)Did she know of Blumenthals business arrangements?
Blumenthal would send Clinton intelligence reports that drew on his business contacts and others within Libya, and Clinton would often forward them on to her deputy, Jake Sullivan, sometimes directing him to distribute the information to other officials within the department. Others at State sometimes met the information with skepticism, and Clinton herself wrote that one of Blumenthals e-mails strains credulity. (Gawker and ProPublica first reported the existence of Blumenthals e-mails to Clinton; the Times revealed that Clinton had indeed read and forwarded some of the messages.)
Blumenthal was working with several Western businessmen seeking contracts from Libyas transitional government after the killing of Muammar el-Qaddafi. Its not clear whether Clinton knew of Blumenthals business arrangements, none of which seem to have come to fruition.
In what has become a common thread among the scandals dotting the early months of Clintons campaign for the presidency, the Clinton Foundation also plays a part in the mystery. Blumenthal was employed by the foundation, and consulted for American Bridge and Media Matters, two organizations that work to counter Republican attacks on the Clintons.
thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)Hoppy
(3,595 posts)I wonder of her other "mistakes" have that same characteristic.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Not saying it was all her fault, obviously.
She was just helped one Senator that helped enable the Iraq war.