Bill will be an asset to Hillary Clinton if she becomes Secretary of State.Byline: ANI New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Nov.19 (ANI): Several longtime associates of the Clintons said former president Bill Clinton would be an asset to his wife Hillary Clinton if she were appointed the next secretary of state. In such a scenario, the Obama administration "would be able to use Bill Clinton as the ultimate special envoy inside the tent," one longtime associate said. Over the weekend, Bill Clinton enthusiastically endorsed the prospect of Hillary becoming secretary of state in the Obama administration. "If he decided to ask her and they did it together," the former president said, "I think she'll be really great as a secretary of state," he was quoted, as saying in Kuwait. However, the associates' caution that Bill Clinton would have to make significant concessions vis-Ea-vis his foundation's global fund-raising activities. He would probably have to agree not to take money for speeches from foreign businesses that have a stake in the actions of the American government. Another obvious issue, Democratic lawyers said, would be whether Clinton's foundation should accept money from foreign governments, businesses or individuals for the foundation's philanthropic activities and if it should disclose those donors publicly. The Obama transition team is focused on the wide array of Clinton's post-presidential activities, some details of which have not been made public. This list includes the identity of most of the donors to his foundation, the source of some of his speaking fees - he has earned as much as 425,000 dollars for a one-hour speech - and his work for the billionaire investor Ronald W. Burkle. The vetting of Mr. Clinton's myriad philanthropic and business dealings is "complicated, and it may be the complications that are causing hesitation on both sides," said Abner J. Mikva Abner Joseph Mikva (born January 21 1926) is a Democratic former U.S. Representative, federal judge and law professor from Chicago. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1951. , one of Obama's closest supporters and a White House counsel during the Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law . Since the former president established the William J. Clinton Foundation in 1998, it has raised more than 500 million dollars, a sum that allowed him to build his steel-and-glass presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas required military intervention to desegregate schools (1957–1958). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 556–557] See : Bigotry , and create the Clinton Global Initiative, which has done good deeds all over the world, including working to eradicate AIDS in Africa. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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