The enrichment of Bill and Hillary Clinton Part III

The enrichment of Bill and Hillary Clinton Part III

A Political Slush Fund called The Clinton Foundation

The Clinton Foundation was founded in 2001 with the mission to "strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence" — whatever that means. Over the past decade, the Clinton Foundation has undoubtedly done some good work combating AIDS suffering, reducing obesity and promoting economic growth, but the problem is that Bill and Hillary Clinton have used the moral authority gained from these good works to feather their own nest, use their power to help their friends achieve their own objectives, and affect U.S. policy. As Peter Schweizer writes in his groundbreaking, "Clinton Cash" — a tour de force with 57 pages of footnotes, "the real problem is delineating where the Clinton political machine and moneymaking ventures end and where their charity begins." An article in Fortune magazine described the Clinton Foundation as "a new turn in philanthropy, in which the lines between not-for-profits, politics, and business tend to blur."

President Obama’s Iran nuclear arms deal a non-achievement
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President Obama’s Iran nuclear arms deal a non-achievement

William Russell

Today I read in disbelief an article, published Nov. 24 in the National Review, about President Obama's nuclear arms deal with Iran. Recently, there has not been much mention in the conventional media about the heated controversy that rightly surrounded Obama's high-priority efforts to reach some kind of tough agreement. But anyone who, over the many months of seemingly endless negotiations, followed the news reports and, in particular, heard the president's trademark professorial mini-lectures about what he insisted were highly compelling elements in the plan, should be disturbed to learn that the plan is little more than a collection of ideas for hope and change.

What has come to light is that what President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have touted as a great diplomatic triumph is actually something quite different.

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