"This is not taking the same old people in Washington that it will change anything," says Barack Obama during his entire campaign centered on "change". The future Obama administration, which will take office on January 20, seems inclined to favor experience on novelty. Whether Madeleine Albright, 71, former secretary of state chosen by Clinton to be the emissary of Obama at the recent summit of G20, Rahm Emanuel, a former adviser to Bill Clinton that He appointed Chief of Staff, and Hillary Clinton herself. The former primary rival is considered very seriously for the post of Secretary of State (equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) or, more unlikely, as Secretary of Defense. Obama brought Hillary Clinton in Chicago Thursday to discuss those possibilities. According to sources close to the president-elect, cited by several American media, there remains a significant obstacle to this appointment: the transition team wants to ensure that the activities of profit Bill Clinton does not have a "conflict of interest."
Autocrat. The foundation of the former president, the Clinton Foundation (designed especially to combat poverty in Africa, malaria and AIDS), has raised more than $ 500 million since 1998. Donors are mainly foreigners and Bill Clinton has always refused to divulge the list. Many oil monarchies of the Middle East have made significant contributions. The Foundation has been criticized for its lack of transparency and Bill Clinton has already been suspected of having acted without too many scruples.
In September 2005, he visited Kazakhstan in the company of billionaire Frank Giustra to meet President Nazarbayev accused of numerous violations of human rights, particularly by the U.S. State Department. Clinton complimented the autocrat, who two days later granted the mining company Giustra a mirifique contract for the exploitation of uranium deposits in the country. The billionaire then paid 31 million dollars to the Clinton Foundation. The largest donation ever received, says the New York Times reported this story.
Since he is no longer president, Clinton has garnered more than $ 40 million by charging his speech to multinationals, and was enriched by offering its services to other friends billionaires, including Vinod Gupta and magnate Ronald Burkle supermarkets. The latter, which has invested in Dubai and China, have contributed more than $ 12 million in fees to Clinton to "advise" since 2002, according to the New York Times. If the transition team wants to list all conflicts of interest that Bill Clinton could raise in the case of an appointment of his wife, the task may be long.
"They are really concerned that the work of Bill Clinton could really complicate things for Hillary Clinton if she became secretary of state," an official judge Democrat quoted by the online newspaper Politico. The team was concerned less past activities of Bill Clinton as those that could create future conflicts. "The problem is that Bill will have to make sacrifices," said one close Clinton cited by Time. "Hillary would really an excellent secretary of state," said pours Bill Clinton last week in Kuwait, where he was on a business trip. "She worked very hard for this election after the primary battle against Obama, and so," he said. Adding: "But it has not done this in the hope of securing a position ..."
"Lobbyists." Barack Obama is currently reads a book about Abraham Lincoln, president who had appointed his cabinet in several of his political enemies during the 1860s. "Lincoln was a very wise man," Obama said Sunday during his first interview since his election in by 60 minutes.
The very pragmatic Obama, who had protested against the lobbyists during his campaign, did not hesitate to appoint "dozens" of former lobbyists in his transition team - which has 150 people - has revealed the press . Among the newcomers, Pete Rouse, his former chief of staff in the Senate, was given an advisory post, along with Greg Craig, a lawyer who defended Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky affair. Mona Sutphen, a former of the Clinton administration, and Jim Messina, one of the leaders of his campaign, has been promoted deputy chiefs of staff.
"It looks less a new beginning that a day without end", ironically a Republican in reference to the famous film where each day takes place in the same manner as the previous one. "Where is the real change?" Anita Dunn, an adviser to Barack Obama, replied: "Well just look the new president of the United States!"
Autocrat. The foundation of the former president, the Clinton Foundation (designed especially to combat poverty in Africa, malaria and AIDS), has raised more than $ 500 million since 1998. Donors are mainly foreigners and Bill Clinton has always refused to divulge the list. Many oil monarchies of the Middle East have made significant contributions. The Foundation has been criticized for its lack of transparency and Bill Clinton has already been suspected of having acted without too many scruples.
In September 2005, he visited Kazakhstan in the company of billionaire Frank Giustra to meet President Nazarbayev accused of numerous violations of human rights, particularly by the U.S. State Department. Clinton complimented the autocrat, who two days later granted the mining company Giustra a mirifique contract for the exploitation of uranium deposits in the country. The billionaire then paid 31 million dollars to the Clinton Foundation. The largest donation ever received, says the New York Times reported this story.
Since he is no longer president, Clinton has garnered more than $ 40 million by charging his speech to multinationals, and was enriched by offering its services to other friends billionaires, including Vinod Gupta and magnate Ronald Burkle supermarkets. The latter, which has invested in Dubai and China, have contributed more than $ 12 million in fees to Clinton to "advise" since 2002, according to the New York Times. If the transition team wants to list all conflicts of interest that Bill Clinton could raise in the case of an appointment of his wife, the task may be long.
"They are really concerned that the work of Bill Clinton could really complicate things for Hillary Clinton if she became secretary of state," an official judge Democrat quoted by the online newspaper Politico. The team was concerned less past activities of Bill Clinton as those that could create future conflicts. "The problem is that Bill will have to make sacrifices," said one close Clinton cited by Time. "Hillary would really an excellent secretary of state," said pours Bill Clinton last week in Kuwait, where he was on a business trip. "She worked very hard for this election after the primary battle against Obama, and so," he said. Adding: "But it has not done this in the hope of securing a position ..."
"Lobbyists." Barack Obama is currently reads a book about Abraham Lincoln, president who had appointed his cabinet in several of his political enemies during the 1860s. "Lincoln was a very wise man," Obama said Sunday during his first interview since his election in by 60 minutes.
The very pragmatic Obama, who had protested against the lobbyists during his campaign, did not hesitate to appoint "dozens" of former lobbyists in his transition team - which has 150 people - has revealed the press . Among the newcomers, Pete Rouse, his former chief of staff in the Senate, was given an advisory post, along with Greg Craig, a lawyer who defended Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky affair. Mona Sutphen, a former of the Clinton administration, and Jim Messina, one of the leaders of his campaign, has been promoted deputy chiefs of staff.
"It looks less a new beginning that a day without end", ironically a Republican in reference to the famous film where each day takes place in the same manner as the previous one. "Where is the real change?" Anita Dunn, an adviser to Barack Obama, replied: "Well just look the new president of the United States!"
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