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Bill Clinton sought State’s permission to meet with Russian nuclear official during Obama uranium
the Hill.com ^ | OCT 19, 2017 | JOHN SOLOMON AND ALISON SPANN

Posted on 10/19/2017 6:30:22 PM PDT by bitt

As he prepared to collect a $500,000 payday in Moscow in 2010, Bill Clinton sought clearance from the State Department to meet with a key board director of the Russian nuclear energy firm Rosatom — which at the time needed the Obama administration’s approval for a controversial uranium deal, government records show.

Arkady Dvorkovich, a top aide to then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and one of the highest-ranking government officials to serve on Rosatom’s board of supervisors, was listed on a May 14, 2010, email as one of 15 Russians the former president wanted to meet during a late June 2010 trip, the documents show.

“In the context of a possible trip to Russia at the end of June, WJC is being asked to see the business/government folks below. Would State have concerns about WJC seeing any of these folks,” Clinton Foundation foreign policy adviser Amitabh Desai wrote the State Department on May 14, 2010, using the former president’s initials and forwarding the list of names to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s team.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; dupe; russia; russiabriberyscandal; uranium
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1 posted on 10/19/2017 6:30:22 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 10/19/2017 6:30:46 PM PDT by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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3 posted on 10/19/2017 6:33:10 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: bitt


4 posted on 10/19/2017 6:34:38 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
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To: bitt

Bill: Hey Hillary, can I go to Russia?
Hillary: Yea, sure. Be sure to bring back lots of cash.


5 posted on 10/19/2017 6:36:36 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Fiddlstix

Sessions should be depicted as a maroon troll.


6 posted on 10/19/2017 6:36:48 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: King Moonracer

We get that you don’t care much for AG Sessions.

Could you please stop spamming threads with your maroon comment, though? TIA.


7 posted on 10/19/2017 6:39:41 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: bitt

Bill Clinton instead got together with Vladimir Putin at the Russian leader’s private homestead.


8 posted on 10/19/2017 6:41:19 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: LS

Ping.

Note source.


9 posted on 10/19/2017 6:46:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: bitt

“Bill Clinton instead got together with Vladimir Putin at the Russian leader’s private homestead.”


What was that about a Russian scandal?


10 posted on 10/19/2017 6:48:54 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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sought State's RUBBER STAMP to meet with THE RUSSIANS!!!
11 posted on 10/19/2017 6:52:48 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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‘Bill Clinton sought clearance from the State Department”

Gee, I wonder how hard that was to get?


12 posted on 10/19/2017 7:48:40 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Fiddlstix

too funny with the bandaged foot on Hillary.

Many cartoonists are great for incorporating so many things into one picture!


13 posted on 10/19/2017 8:41:00 PM PDT by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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“Bill Clinton sought clearance from the State Department”

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia’s always on my mind.

Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy’s farm
Let me hear your balalaika’s ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm.


14 posted on 10/19/2017 8:43:01 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: kaehurowing

TRUMP WENT TO VLADMIR’S HOMESTEAD!!!!!!!

imagine if that were the statement.

(What was that about a Russian scandal?)


15 posted on 10/19/2017 9:40:40 PM PDT by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)
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Just a coincidence that on THE day the REAL Russian meddling news come out that BOTH Bush and Obama come out of the woodwork to take down Trump?

No, I don't think so.
16 posted on 10/19/2017 9:58:26 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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In 2010, as he prepared to collect a $500,000 payday in Moscow from a Russian investment bank, Bill Clinton sought "clearance from Hillary's State Dept" to meet with a key board director of the Russian nuclear energy firm Rosatom. At that time Rosatom needed the Obama administration’s approval for a controversial uranium deal, government records show.

BACKSTORY---THE CLINTON FOUNDATION CONNECTION Hillary-era State Dept officials in fall 2009 - a year before the U.S. approved the uranium deal - had obtained an internal strategy document from Russia's main nuclear energy firm, Rosatom, that provided a warning about Moscow's intentions as it "flexes muscles" in uranium markets.

Later a memo surfaced that undercut Hillary's public story on the controversial Russian uranium deal, and its connection to the Clinton foundation.

SOURCE: Circa.com / FR Posted by ameribbean expat

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In one cable sent to Hillary Clinton, US officials in Brussels warned Russia was about to strong-arm US ally Ukraine into a deal for "long-term supply of nuclear fuel" that could "shut" the US company Westinghouse out of the market and extend Moscow's influence over Europe. (Read more at circa.com ...)

THE NYT REPORTED: Money poured into The Clinton Foundation from a constellation of people with ties to Uranium One or UrAsia, the company that originally acquired Uranium One’s most valuable asset: the Kazakh mines. Without those assets, the Russians would have had no interest in the deal: “It wasn’t the goal to buy the Wyoming mines. The goal was to acquire the Kazakh assets, which are very good,” Mr. Novikov, the Rosatom spokesman, said in an interview.

BILLYBOOBOO TO THE RESCUEThis gambit by Bill Clinton (meddling in a foreign election) got the Russian uranium scheme going. Bill's calculated handshake was a bonanza for the Kazahk president's re-election. Nazarbayev responded in kind and signed-off on the initial phase of Russia's takeover of US uranium assets.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev greets former
president Clinton (L) in Almaty on September 6, 2005.

CIRCA 2015 A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter claims that former President Bill Clinton falsely denied hosting a meeting with Kazakh officials when she tried to write a story that involved his foundation several years ago.

Jo Becker, who works on the newspaper's investigative desk, said Clinton only confirmed the meeting took place after she informed him there were photographs.

Clinton's role in a deal that involved Kazakhstan, the Russian government, and a man who donated millions to the president's charitable foundation were detailed in a story Becker published on Thursday.

That article revisited some of her earlier reporting and included information from the upcoming book "Clinton Cash," which is generating widespread headlines amid a flurry of reports suggesting it will raise serious questions about Clinton's family foundation.

The donor in question is Canadian mining executive Frank Giustra, a longtime friend of the former president who has given tens of millions to the Clinton Foundation in the past few years. (A couple of hours after the NYT story was published, Giustra issued a defiant statement. We've included that below.)

Becker initially wrote about the February 2007 meeting between Clinton, Giustra, and executives from the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom in 2008. The gathering took place at Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York.

"When I first contacted both the Clinton foundation — Mr. Clinton's spokesman — and Mr. Giustra, they denied any such meeting ever took place," Becker recalled in footage aired by Fox News on Thursday.

However, Becker said Clinton and Giustra both changed their stories after she confronted them with evidence to the contrary.

"And then when we told them, 'Well we already talked to the head of Kazatomprom, who not only told us all about the meeting, but actually has a picture of him and Bill at the home in Chappaqua, and that he proudly displayed on his office wall.' They then acknowledged that yes, the meeting had taken place," Becker continued in the television interview.

The purpose of the meeting, then Kazatomprom President Moukhtar Dzhakishev told The Times, was to discuss Kazakhstan potentially buying a 10% stake in Westinghouse, a US nuclear company. Becker's 2008 story also noted one of Giustra's companies secured a deal to buy uranium deposits from Kazatomprom in 2005.

That agreement was made after Clinton accompanied Giustra on a trip to Kazakhstan. During the trip, Giustra and Clinton met with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Clinton issued a public statement praising the Kazakh leader despite his questionable, antidemocratic record. The Times called the praise a "propaganda coup" for Nazarbayev. (he later "won relection" w/ an unbelievable 90% of the vote)

"Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton's charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month. The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle," wrote Becker and another reporter, Don Van Natta.

A spokesperson for the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership told Business Insider they are "working on a formal statement" in response to a request for comment on Thursday. Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership is an initiative of the Clinton Foundation that was cofounded by Clinton and Giustra in 2007. A Clinton Foundation spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nyt-reporter-clinton-lied-about-meeting-2015-48/25

17 posted on 10/20/2017 3:30:42 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Brown Deer
Bill Clinton instead got together with Vladimir Putin at the Russian leader’s private homestead.

Circa 2010--Ex-Pres Clinton in Moscow having a laugh w/ Putin
as strategic US uranium deposits were sold off to Russia for Big Bucks
facilitated by Secy Clinton, as Bill globe-trotted to set up the deal.

"Hahahaha. US ntl security? Hahahaha. You gotta be kidding, Vlad. Hahahaha.

18 posted on 10/20/2017 3:36:14 AM PDT by Liz
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The NYT report noted that these uranium investors also donated to the Clinton Foundation, as follows:

<><> Canadian mining mogul, Frank Giustra, globe-trotting pal of Bill donated $31.3 million and a pledge for $100 million more to the Clinton Foundation. Giustra built a company that later merged with Uranium One. Seems to have facilitated the uranium sell-off. Giustra has a "Clinton-connected foundation" in Canada and will not disclose donors.

<><> Canadian Ian Telfer—donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation. Mining investor who was chairman of Uranium One when an arm of the Russian government, Rosatom, acquired it.

<><>Paul Reynolds—donated $1 million to $5 million to the Clinton Foundation Adviser on 2007 UrAsia-Uranium One merger. Later Reynolds helped raise $260 million for the company. Could be the money-laundering apprat.

<><>Frank Holmes-—donated $250,000 to $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Chief Executive of U.S. Global Investors Inc., which held $4.7 million in Uranium One shares in the first quarter of 2011.

<><> Canadian Neil Woodyer-—Founded Endeavour Mining with Giustra—donated $50,000 to $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Adviser to Uranium One.

<><> GMP Securities Ltd.-—Donating portion of profits to the Clinton Foundation. Worked on debt issue that raised $260 million for Uranium One. (Prime candidate for the money-laundering apparat---aided and abetted under cover of the "do-good foundations.")

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Who paid Bill Clinton's $2.5 million commission and $500k speaking fee by a Moscow bank for brokering the sale of 20% of America's uranium deposits to Russia...giving Vladimir Putin and the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States?

19 posted on 10/20/2017 3:41:01 AM PDT by Liz
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"Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton's charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month. The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle," wrote Becker and another reporter, Don Van Natta."Just months after the Kazakh pact was finalized, Mr. Clinton's charitable foundation received its own windfall: a $31.3 million donation from Mr. Giustra that had remained a secret until he acknowledged it last month.

The gift, combined with Mr. Giustra’s more recent and public pledge to give the William J. Clinton Foundation an additional $100 million, secured Mr. Giustra a place in Mr. Clinton’s inner circle," wrote Becker and another reporter, Don Van Natta.

History will not be kind to the MSM of our time...

20 posted on 10/20/2017 5:35:47 AM PDT by GOPJ ("NFL: Now Far Left" - - freeper Lazamataz)
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