Democrats: Clinton to help Hillary get State job

[Doughboy71]

Source: The Associated Press

Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition vetting process said Wednesday.

Clinton has agreed to release the names of several major donors to his charitable foundation and will submit future foundation activities and paid speeches to a strict ethics review, said Democrats knowledgeable about the discussions.

They also said that Clinton would step away from day-to-day responsibility for his foundation while his wife serves and would alert the State Department to his speaking schedule and any new sources of income. The Democrats spoke only on grounds of anonymity because of the private nature of the Cabinet-selection process.



Read more: http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20081119/Clinton.Secretary.of.State/

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1. Several names? Why not ALL? And why not explain the 20 million he banked HIMSELF from Dubai royals

whose Dubai Ports deal with Bush he positively advocated.

[DogPoundPup]

2. Bill Clinton Sends Donor List to Obama to Help Hillary's Bid

Source: Bloomberg

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Clinton has sent President- elect Barack Obama's transition team a list of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation, according to a Democrat familiar with the process, the latest sign both sides are trying to clear obstacles to Hillary Clinton's possible nomination as U.S. secretary of state.

``I'll do whatever they want,'' the former president told reporters in New York yesterday. ``This is a deal between'' Obama ``and Hillary,'' he said.

The 200,000 or so names comprise the universe of donors to Clinton's presidential library and foundation. This is separate from the Clinton Global Initiative, which operates under the aegis of the foundation but does not directly take money from the donors.

The list of contributors ranges from those who gave a few dollars to wealthy foreign leaders and business people who donated multimillion-dollar gifts, the Democrat familiar with the matter said.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a21TM6Czkwtc&refer=us

[cliffordu]

3. I'll bet the Repubublican'ts are peeing just a little to get their hands on this list...

[dkf]

4. How in the world are they supposed to figure out anything

about 200,000 donors?

That's simply too much to go through.

[Zhade]

5. Note the broken quote - there is no deal.

NT!

[onehandle]

6. Yeah. Typos are telling.

The proofreader knows something.

[No Elephants]

7. If the selection process is so private, why are these Dems speaking at all?

[Evergreen Emerald]

8. Didn't Daschle's wife agree to quit her lobbyist job to help her husband

get his new position?

[UTUSN]

9. Uh-oh: His "help" wasn't that helpful all through the primaries.

Plus, if something is SO much trouble to happen, it seems hardly worth it.