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Hillary and Morocco — what the $12 million paid for

With a scandal like this, it normally helps to track Liz.

GW’s administration had sent $697.5 million to Morroco to help the poor. But as I understand it most of the money had not been spent yet. Obama wanted his finger in the pie. And so did the Clintons. But also ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3482804/posts?page=46#46

ABC News reported in may 6, 2015 that ex-president Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation’s Global Initiative were being hosted at a five-star luxury hotel in Morocco by one of the world’s most controversial mining companies, criticized for “serious human rights violations” by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3482771/posts?page=4#4

In 2008, the US State Dept’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) commenced a five-year, $697.5 million compact with the Kingdom of Morocco to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth.
The MCC compact invests in expansion of fruit tree agriculture (including olives, nuts, and dates), support for small-scale fisheries and fish-markets, enhancement of the artisanal sector in the city of Fes, and training for small-scale businesses across all these sectors,

.........with an emphasis on training for women and youth including literacy training.

UPDATE In 2016 Mr O gave Mrs O $100 million tax dollars fromthe Millennium Challenge Corporation on her visit to Morocco for “teaching Muslim girls”...... to be administered by the post-presidency tax-exempt Obama Foundation.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3482771/posts?page=3#3

Former US president Bill Clinton, who is on a private visit to Morocco, was received on Sunday in the Rabat royal palace by HM King Mohammed VI.

The Moroccan government-owned mining company OCP operates in disputed international territory in a remote part of the Saharan Desert and the firm has been criticized for removing the resources without adequately compensating the impoverished people who live there.“

Any time the human rights of a population are systematically suppressed in this type of way it’s a serious concern, and I think it’s worthy of attention,” said David McKean, who has studied the issue for the RFK center.

OCP mining paid $1 million to help host the event and throw a private cocktail reception, to the dismay of human rights activists.

source http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-foundation-taking-accused-rights-violator/story?id=30840212

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