Posted on 09/20/2015 4:08:05 PM PDT by jimbo123
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said that neither she nor any other person in leadership was aware that a contractor was violating the U.S. sanctions against Iran when she was CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Fiorina was asked about the issue by host Chris Wallace.
"In fact, the SEC investigation proved that neither I nor anyone else in management knew about it," Fiorina said. "When the company discovered this three years after I left, they cut off all ties. The SEC investigated very thoroughly and concluded that no one in management was aware."
Wallace noted that the company was making sales to Iran, and the subsidiary was named "wholesaler of the year."
Fiorina said HP was a large company and it was impossible to know everything going on within the company.
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I hear yah!
Posting this on a breaking news thread would give it maximum exposure. Just saying
So what else won’t you “know about” if you’re POTUS?
First rule of leadership: EVERYTHING is your fault.
While for years Boeing & General Electric has sold critical air craft parts to Iran...
US allows Boeing, GE to sell spare parts to Iran - Circa
http://circanews.com/news/sanctions-on-iran-1
May 7, 2015 - The U.S. has sanctioned companies and individuals it believes to be aiding the ... 5 people, 4 companies indicted for illegally shipping technology to Iran ... The exports violated U.S. sanctions covered in the International ... Individual defendants could be sentenced to as many as 20 years in prison.
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