2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMany people here don't understand what the State Department
is supposed to do, so here's a newsflash:
One aspect of the State Department's official public mission is working with other countries to promote U.S. business interests.
Shocking, but true.
So when Hillary helped US companies of all types to do business overseas, she was DOING HER JOB.
Bernie is smart enough to know that (I think). But he doesn't mind if some of his supporters try to use this against Hillary. Whatever works, right?
http://careers.state.gov/learn/what-we-do
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MineralMan
(146,338 posts)And so it goes. Stuff is complicated. People don't bother to learn. So opinions are based on ignorance a lot of the time. Nothing new about that.
But is your foundation supposed to receive millions for your assistance as SOS? Or are you or your spouse supposed to be receive invitations to speak in private meetings hosted by the US companies whose transactions required your approval, in exchange for large speaking fees?
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)She was doing her job.
revbones
(3,660 posts)from mid eastern countries that hadn't donated before, but suddenly did add they negotiated arms deals through the state department were just a matter of coincidental timing. Ok then...
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)the Clinton foundation.
revbones
(3,660 posts)until those arms deals...
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)revbones
(3,660 posts)pnwmom
(109,001 posts)before it even existed. And those deals were part of many deals over decades, decades before Hillary arrived at State.
revbones
(3,660 posts)She helped stalled arms deals, the Clinton Foundation got millions. Doesn't take much to understand...
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Can you imagine what the new Clinton WH would be like? A regular Monte Carlo.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)nt
revbones
(3,660 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)St Aug girl
(29 posts)Investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation last fall seeking documents about the charitys projects that may have required approval from the federal government during Hillary Clintons term as secretary of state, according to people familiar with the subpoena and written correspondence about it.
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)Probably the same anonymous sources who told the WA Post that there were 147 FBI people investigating the emails . . .
And you left out this part:
Blue Meany
(1,947 posts)however, since their work tends to be in poorer countries, like Haiti.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Geez.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)HumanityExperiment
(1,442 posts)HRC is republican light and liberals / progressives know this... so her pushing fracking as SoS goes against those liberal / progressive ideals
She's is bought and paid for fossil fuel shill and this election cycle and her recent outburst just further validates that fact
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/hillary-clinton-fracking-shale-state-department-chevron
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2016/march/pavillion-fracking-water-032916.html
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)And Syria and Libya and TPP and Haiti are great too.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I still need 3 more hours in Senate and 9 more in House.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)What part of the State Department isn't CIA is another question.
Since "embassy personnel" serves as the most frequent cover for CIA operatives abroad.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)State Department may provide some input but they make all the decisions...SOS
Rex
(65,616 posts)GD-P is entertaining tonight! Thanks!
PufPuf23
(8,843 posts)No other former POTUS has created a non-profit Foundation of the endowment and breadth of The Clinton Foundation.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)that they have no idea what they are talking about when inconvenient facts come to light.
They attempt to ransack the sordid trashbags of street "knowledge", put it together as though it is a collage of fact, while white knuckle grabbing on to the nearest thing they can and pray that someone thinks it is true.
Waiting for the vote count!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)She chose to promote that and she's supportive of it here in the US.
It's deliberate destruction of communities with fracking earthquakes and threatens entire regions through poisoning of aquifers.
AgerolanAmerican
(1,000 posts)asking for a friend
Hydra
(14,459 posts)Racking up significant amounts of money and political capital specifically for the purpose of winning this election.
Last time I checked, you are supposed to work for your boss(President Obama and the People) or find another job.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)And she used a source for intel that Obama had BANNED from advising her. And she jeopardized national security by using Bill's unsecured server for months.
Hydra
(14,459 posts)She and Obama are BFFs, she did her job admirably, and she took no bribes and traded no favors in the course of her duties. BTW, we should stop the primary right now and give her the crown. Cuz...reasons.
pnwmom
(109,001 posts)Obama has all but endorsed her now. And has flatly said that her server did NOT jeopardize national security.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Try to keep up.
Tying Obama to Hillary does him no favors. Do you have any idea the world of hurt she has made for him?
Baobab
(4,667 posts)Did you know about this, for example?
https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/publications/foee_ttip-isds-fracking-060314.pdf
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)If you want to start a business in the Czech Republic, for instance, the embassies and consulates of the Czech Republic here in the US will want to talk to you and will offer you assistance.