Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


5

Bill Reveals Donors to Clear Path for Hillary

Obama will nominate his secretary of state on Monday

Share

(AP) – President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, said Democratic officials. To clear the way for his wife to take the job, former President Bill Clinton agreed to disclose the names of every contributor—more than 200,000 in all—to his foundation. He'll also refuse donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Global Initiative, his annual charitable conference.

Bill Clinton reportedly signed off on a total of nine conditions that go beyond the requirements of the law, the New York Times notes. He decided to make public his donor list to avoid any appearances of a conflict of interest with his wife's diplomatic duties. The former president also agreed to submit his speeches to the State Department and, if necessary, to the White House.

Sen. Barack Obama is introduced by Sen. Hillary Clinton during a campaign stop in New York earlier this year.
Sen. Barack Obama is introduced by Sen. Hillary Clinton during a campaign stop in New York earlier this year.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll earlier this month.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll earlier this month.   (Carolyn Kaster)
Sen. Hillary Clinton attends a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll earlier this month.
Sen. Hillary Clinton attends a memorial ceremony for the late Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll earlier this month.   (Carolyn Kaster)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.6.09
Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading
11.5.09
Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute
5 comments
VIEWING:
 
inky
Nov 30, 08 1:47 AM CST
I'm impressed. You two really ARE a team. No wonder she didn't deevorce y'all, Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
OWLWOMANXXXX
Nov 30, 08 4:42 PM CST
he owes her a lot Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
-1
Shannonals
Nov 30, 08 9:56 PM CST
It's the least he can do Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
-1
Lula
Dec 1, 08 2:14 PM CST
These two are a great couple. Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
IN RESPONSE:
Ucantusethatname
Aug 13, 09 10:58 AM CDT
A great "couple"? They don't live together.
Vote up! Vote down!
+1
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

368 Stories

Joe Klein

 Tension Builds Between 
 Hillary, Obama 

Clinton a strong secretary, but not yet administration's voice

Nov 5, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Ask Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Middle East • Pakistan • State Department • secretary of State • Benjamin Netanyahu • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Clinton's Mideast Push 
 Hits Brick Wall 

Palestinians rebuff Israeli offer to slow but not stop settlements

Oct 31, 09 11:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hillary Clinton • Israel • Mahmoud Abbas • secretary of State • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Arab-Israeli conflict

Analysis


 Clinton Talk 
 Annoys 
 Pakistani 
 Women 

They wanted to discuss security; she channeled 'The View'

Oct 30, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was relaxed in her town hall-style address to professional Pakistani women today in Islamabad, discussing “habits of the heart,” like tolerance and compromise, and touting the female doctors sent on US aid missions to Pakistan. It was nice, she said with a chuckle, to not talk... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hillary Clinton • Pakistan • security • women • State Department • secretary of State • Kashmir • Muslim women • women's issues

CAMPAIGN MEMOIR

 Bill Sank Hillary's 
 VP Chances: Plouffe 

Clinton was still in contention in June: new memoir

Oct 29, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama campaign seriously considered Hillary Clinton for vice president, but ultimately the perception that her husband was "too big a complication" combined with bad memories from the primary campaign to sink her chances. Barack Obama “said if his central criterion measured who could be the best VP,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • vice president • memoir • David Plouffe • David Axelrod • Election 2008 • vice presidential candidate • President Obama • excerpt • The Audacity to Win

 Clinton: Pakistan Has to Fight 

Terrorism fight a no-brainer, she tells students

Oct 29, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton said today that Pakistan had little choice but to take a more aggressive approach, starting last summer, in combating the Taliban and other extremists that threaten to destabilize the country. In a lively give-and-take with students at the Government College of Lahore, Clinton said inaction by the government... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hillary Clinton • Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • secretary of State • Waziristan • drones • Islamist extremists

368 Stories

Copyright 2009 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP contributed to this report.



Politics 
TwitterFollow @NewserPolitics on Twitter

 
Hillary Clinton • State Department • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • President Obama

from our news partners