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Showing Original Post only (View all)Speak of the devil: "For Hillary Clinton and Boeing, a beneficial relationship" [View all]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-hillary-clinton-and-boeing-a-beneficial-relationship/2014/04/13/21fe84ec-bc09-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.htmlOn a trip to Moscow early in her tenure as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton played the role of international saleswoman, pressing Russian government officials to sign a multibillion-dollar deal to buy dozens of aircraft from Boeing.
A month later, Clinton was in China, where she jubilantly announced that the aerospace giant would be writing a generous check to help resuscitate floundering U.S. efforts to host a pavilion at the upcoming Worlds Fair.
A month later, Clinton was in China, where she jubilantly announced that the aerospace giant would be writing a generous check to help resuscitate floundering U.S. efforts to host a pavilion at the upcoming Worlds Fair.
Clinton did not point out that, to secure the donation, the State Department had set aside ethics guidelines that first prohibited solicitations of Boeing and then later permitted only a $1 million gift from the company. Boeing had been included on a list of firms to be avoided because of its frequent reliance on the government for help negotiating overseas business and concern that a donation could be seen as an attempt to curry favor with U.S. officials.
The November 2009 episode was an indicator of a mutually beneficial relationship between one of the worlds major corporations and a potential future president. Clinton functioned as a powerful ally for Boeings business interests at home and abroad, while Boeing has invested resources in causes beneficial to Clintons public and political image.
The November 2009 episode was an indicator of a mutually beneficial relationship between one of the worlds major corporations and a potential future president. Clinton functioned as a powerful ally for Boeings business interests at home and abroad, while Boeing has invested resources in causes beneficial to Clintons public and political image.
Ok, now I get her defense of Boeing.
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Speak of the devil: "For Hillary Clinton and Boeing, a beneficial relationship" [View all]
Mufaddal
Mar 2016
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I knew she took after Scoop Jackson...didn't realize it was that literal, though. n/t.
Ken Burch
Mar 2016
#4
I was shocked that Hillary brought up the Import Export Bank as a response to her support for trade
BernieforPres2016
Mar 2016
#5
Boeing is one of the worlds leaders in developing renewable energy solutions.
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#9
By all means, ask any renewable energy experts about Boeing and Spectrolab.
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#12
And you have correctly defined the term. But it doesn't apply to Boeing. The difference is...
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#23
Boeing can suck it. They have pretty much demolished WA Boeing workers pension plans.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2016
#14
But didn't you hear? Boeing is basically just a bunch of environmental activists!
Mufaddal
Mar 2016
#15
Nah they're just a struggling small business staffed by the Earth Liberation Front
Mufaddal
Mar 2016
#27
That was sarcasm. Boeing is in a major battle for market share with Airbus.
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#26
I bet Airbus isn't moving all their production out of France and Germany to non-union states /nt
CdnExtraNational
Mar 2016
#30
But did they move their plants out of France and Germany if they wouldn't bust their unions?
CdnExtraNational
Mar 2016
#33
Thought I recalled Boeing creating a bidding war for its corporate HQ a while back
BernieforPres2016
Mar 2016
#28