to do everything in his power to keep the presumptive Republican nominee from the White House . Five days before Clinton declared victory in the Democratic primary , Trump tweeted , " Bernie Sanders was right when he said that Crooked Hillary Clinton was not qualified to be president because she suffers from BAD judgement ! " On Tuesday , the Trump campaign said the foundation had accepted between approximately $ 21.3 million and $ 65.5 million from the governments of countries with " policies hostile toward women 's rights , gay rights and human rights , " including Algeria , Brunei , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates , the Friends of Saudi Arabia organization and the Zayeds , the ruling family of the Emirates .
Frank Giustra , Canadian mining magnate who created a company that later merged with UraniumOne , gave $ 31.3 million and a pledge for $ 100 million to the Clinton Foundation Canadian mining magnate who created a company that later merged with UraniumOne , gave $ 31.3 million and a pledge for $ 100 million to the Clinton Foundation Frank Holmes , a shareholder in the deal who donated between $ 250,000 and $ 500,000 ( the Clinton Foundation does n’t report exact amounts , only in ranges ) and is a Clinton Foundation adviser , a shareholder in the deal who donated between $ 250,000 and $ 500,000 ( the Clinton Foundation does n’t report exact amounts , only in ranges ) and is a Clinton Foundation adviser Neil Woodyer , Frank Giustra ’s colleague who founded Endeavor Financial and pledged $ 500,000 as well as promisescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof “ ongoing financial support ” , Frank Giustra ’s colleague who founded Endeavor Financial and pledged $ 500,000 as well as promises of “ ongoing financial support ” Robert Disbrow , a Haywood Securities broker , the firm that provided “ $ 58 million in capital to float shares of UrAsia ’s private placement , ” gave the Clinton ’s family foundation between $ 1 and $ 5 million , according to Clinton Cash , a Haywood Securities broker , the firm that provided “ $ 58 million in capital to float shares of UrAsia ’s private placement , ” gave the Clinton ’s family foundation between $ 1 and $ 5 million , according to Clinton Cash Paul Reynolds , a Canaccord Capital Inc. , executive who donated between $ 1 million and $ 5 million .
It gives to charities that rent Trump ’s ballrooms . It gives to charities whose leaders buttonholed Trump on the golf course ( and then try , in vain , to get him to offer a repeat donation the next year ) . It even gives in situations in which Trump publicly put himself on the hook for a donation — as when he promised a gift “ out of my wallet ” on NBC ’s “ The Celebrity Apprentice . ” The Trump Foundation paid off most of those on - air promisescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet. A TV production company paid others . The Post could find no instance in which a celebrity ’s charity got a gift from Trump ’s own wallet .
Caring about overseas victims of US wars is lowest on the totem pole Why is war the one area in which liberals are willing to accept the " lesser of two evils ? " Why do they accept promisescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof " less war " in place of guarantees of " no war ? " To emphasize this point , consider the outrage in respective circles if the following were to happen : Gloria Allred donated money to the Bill Cosby rape defense fund .
He said he would call summits in Europe and Asia to discuss " a rebalancing of commitments . " He previewed a substantial shift toward two of America 's most important global rivals , China and Russia . He vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto reverse China 's " assault on America 's jobs and wealth " and to use America 's " economic power " over China to bring Beijing into line . But he also pledged to fix relations with the rising Asian giant , saying that a stronger America would win more respect from its Communist leaders . But if that did n't work , Trump said he would be prepared to walk away , without offering specifics on the economic and national security consequences that would entail .
The candidate and several of his top advisers have business connections to Russia . Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has made millions of dollars in business deals with pro - Russia oligarchs as well as advised the Putin - aligned president of Ukraine whose 2014 ouster triggered Russia ’s intervention there . Trump seemingly played into Democratic hands on Wednesday by praising Putin ’s leadership qualities and vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat U.S. relations with Russia would improve if he is elected in November . “ I do n’t think Putin has any respect whatsoever for Clinton , ” Trump said . He added : “ He has a total lack of respect for President Obama .
Here 's the letter from the FBI to Congress : pic.twitter.com/OKjipTeiJp — Frank Thorp V ( @frankthorp ) October 28 , 2016 The FBI ’s surprise announcement jolted the presidential race , thrusting the controversy over Clinton ’s use of a private email system for government business back into the political spotlight with just 11 days until Election Day . Clinton 's Republican opponent , Donald Trump Donald TrumpRepublicans and the lost promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof local control in education Press : Worse than Nixon What do Democrats stand for ? MORE , has attacked her over the server , arguing it should disqualify her from being president . He seized on the FBI 's decision at a rally on Friday afternoon as he seeks to make up ground in the polls .
“ But we ’ve seen in poll after poll and state after state , we ’ve created the kind of momentum that we need to win . This has been a fantastic night in Michigan . ” Sanders has now won four of the last six contests in the Democratic presidential race and is vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto fight all the way to the Democratic National Convention in late July . Clinton is likely to end the night having modestly added to her lead in pledged delegates , however . Clinton cleaned up in Mississippi , winning 83 percent of the vote , according to The Associated Press .
The threat is openly aggressive on its own turf but operates by stealth in the West . A president may not have to be good with names to oppose it effectively , but he has to grasp the animating ideology , the power relations , and the goals of the players — and how weakening one by strengthening another can degrade rather than promote our security . Donald Trump does not have a clue about any of this , careening wildly from vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto stay out of the fray ( leaving it in Vladimir Putin ’s nefarious hands ) to promises that the earth will be indiscriminately scorched . The threat against us has metastasized in our eighth year under a president who quite consciously appeases the enemy . But the remedy is not a president oblivious of the enemy .
However , despite the court ruling and UN backing for the decision , some right - wing politicians have vowed to keep the ban in place . Ange - Pierre Vivoni , Mayor of Sisco in northern Corsica , said : “ Here the tension is very , very , very strong and I wo n’t withdraw it . ” Former president Nicolas Sarkozy who is running to return to office in 2017 vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto impose a nationwide ban on the swimwear if re - elected to the post . He described burkinis as a " provocation " and said : " I refuse to let the burkini impose itself on French beaches and swimming pools ... there must be a law to ban it throughout the Republic 's territory . Our identity is under threat when we accept an immigration policy that makes no sense . "
Republican nominee Donald Trump has placed immigration at the core of his presidential campaign . He has claimed that undocumented immigrants are “ taking our jobs ” and “ taking our money , ” pledged to deport them en masse , and vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto build a wall on the Mexican border . At one point he demanded a ban on Muslims entering the country . Speaking to supporters in Iowa on Saturday , Trump said he would crack down on visitors to the United States who overstay their visas and declared that when any American citizen “ loses their job to an illegal immigrant , the rights of that American citizen have been violated . ” And he is scheduled to give a major address on immigration in Arizona on Wednesday night .
Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonTrump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul What do Democrats stand for ? THE MEMO : For Trump , danger signs in the polls MORE faces a major dilemma in the wake of her controversial “ basket of deplorables ” comment : keep hammering Donald Trump Donald TrumpOvernight Tech : Trump seeks tech 's help for ' sweeping ' IT overhaul | FTC looks to block sports fantasy merger | Firm exposes nearly 200 M voters ' data Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul Republicans and the lost promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof local control in education MORE on race or pivot to other issues . Democrats are divided on the best course of action following her remark last week that “ half ” of Trump ’s supporters are “ irredeemable ” and fit into a “ basket of deplorables ” that includes racists , sexists , xenophobes , homophobes and Islamophobes . The former secretary of State subsequently said she should n’t have spoken in such sweeping generalizations but stopped short of apologizing and vowed to call out Trump ’s “ bigotry . ”
To take just a few of hundreds of examples , why did his oath to the Constitution justify disclosure that NSA had developed MonsterMind , a program to respond to cyberattacks automatically ; or that it had set up data centers in China to insert malware into Chinese computers and had penetrated Huawei in China ; or that it was spying ( with details about how ) in many other foreign nations , on Bin Laden associate Hassam Ghul ’s wife , on the UN Secretary General , or on the Islamic State ; or that it cooperates with intelligence services in Sweden and Norway to spy on Russia ; and so on , and so on . These and many other disclosures ( see here for many more ) concern standard intelligence operations in support of national security or foreign policy missions that do not violate the US Constitution or laws and that did extraordinary harm to those missions . There is such a disconnect between Snowden ’s constitutional oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetand the scale and type of sensitive intelligence information that he disclosed that it makes me question whether the Constitution had anything to do with the leaks . And indeed , when Snowden “ set out the case ” for his pardon on Wednesday , he did not ( at least in the stories I read ) argue from the Constitution . Rather , he now says of the disclosures : “ when we look at them morally , when we look at them ethically , when we look at the results , it seems these were necessary things , these were vital things . ” Let us set aside the “ results ” of having blown numerous intelligence operations against adversaries and many other legitimate intelligence targets .
And who had nuclear weapons . ” Similar miscues on foreign policy are what doomed Carson , who at one time rank neck and neck with Donald Trump in the GOP presidential race , and knocked him out of serious contention for the Oval Office . Sanders has adopted tough rhetoric in vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto galvanize international allies — particularly Saudi Arabia and other allies in the Middle East — to “ crush ” ISIS . And he frequently cites his House vote in 2002 against a U.S. invasion of Iraq as evidence of his sound judgment on foreign policy , in contrast to Clinton ’s support of the effort to topple Saddam Hussein . Clinton has admitted she was misled by the administration of President George W. Bush in supporting the invasion , but has argued that being right on one vote does n’t qualify you to become the next commander in chief , or assure you have the experience and know - how to deal with international crises .
At the same time , the Tax Policy Center found his tax plan would add nearly $ 10 trillion to the national debt . Nevertheless , Grover Norquist believes he has the potential to be the most fiscally conservative president in modern history . The president of Americans for Tax Reform is the man behind the infamous pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto not add a single new dollar in revenue to the U.S. government , which arguably brought down President Obama ’s attempts at a grand bargain with then - House Speaker John Boehner and brought us the fiscal cliff . He says he not only supports Trump , but has faith that the New York real estate mogul will be a game - changing president for the cause of small government . In turn , Trump has verbally agreed to the pledge , though Norquist is still waiting for a signed copy to put on his website .
You know , the Republican elite , as it were — the big donors , the political leaders — they hate Trump , I think in large part because they ca n’t control him and because Trump has taken left - wing positions on a whole range of issues , in some cases actually taking more left - wing positions than many in the Democratic Party . Trump wants to renegotiate a lot of these big trade deals , after the Democratic Party has even endorsed the TPP or going back all the way to NAFTA . Trump has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto take on pharmaceutical companies , promising to have Medicare negotiate for lower drug prices . On a whole range of issues , Trump promises to bully big corporations and to be actually a neutral arbiter on issues like Israel - Palestine . So , that ’s kind of the fascinating part of this election to me , that Trump — you know , part of his appeal is that he ’s a self - funder , but he also is uniquely outside of the Republican donor class , and that special interests ca n’t control him and force him to be on these orthodox Republican issues .
In recent weeks , political tensions have risen and President Petro Poroshenko this week urged Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk , a key figure of the 2014 protests , to resign along with his government . But Yatsenyuk survived a parliamentary no - confidence vote . At the observances for those who died in the protests , Poroshenko vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat efforts would continue to bring to justice the snipers who killed demonstrators and asserted that despite the eastern conflict and severe economic difficulties “ nonetheless , the country is changing and moving forward . ” Ultra - right activists attack an Alfa bank office in central Kiev , Ukraine , Saturday , Feb. 20 , 2016 . ( Efrem Lukatsky )
Strong oversight of our intelligence agencies is essential so the American people trust what they are doing to keep us safe . That trust was shaken when Edward Snowden disclosed the disconcerting truths about US surveillance that fueled my years - long effort , alongside Senator Wyden , to end the dragnet , warrantless collection of Americans’ communication records . Although Snowden ’s actions aided my push for reform , the fact remains that Snowden broke an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meethe willingly took to protect our national security and classified secrets . I do not believe the president should pardon Snowden . You can make the case that he did our nation a service , and that is why I believe he should return to the United States to make that argument in court and to the public .
Who the candidates meet also could offer hints about their foreign policy goals — and invite backlash from critics . Clinton 's teams said she plans to see Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el - Sisi and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko . The meeting with Poroshenko is a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin , who has invaded Ukraine , of Clinton 's pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto be tough on Moscow if elected . It also would be a veiled slap at Trump , who has spoken kindly of Putin and insisted he would get along with the Russian leader . ( Putin is expected to skip the U.N. meeting this year . )
“ Our military is depleted , and we ’re asking our generals … to worry about global warming , ” he said , taking another jab at the Obama administration . “ Our military dominance must be unquestioned , by anybody and everybody , ” Trump argued , but added that not one dollar can be wasted in the process . He also promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat US troops would have “ the best equipment in the world ” while they fight , and “ the best care in the world ” when they return as veterans . Diplomacy over aggression Trump tempered his remarks about military dominance , however , by saying that war would be his very last resort .
It was not immediately clear if any Turkish or Turkish - backed Syrian opposition forces crossed the border to take part in the operation . The news agency said the operation aims to clear Turkey 's border of " terror organizations " and increase border security , as well as " prioritize and support " Syria 's territorial integrity . The assault followed Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meeton Tuesday of " every kind " of support for operations against IS along a 100-kilometer ( 62-mile ) stretch of Syrian frontier .
Hillary and Bill were ironically saved by Monica , who became the lightening rod drawing attention away to what at the time was perhaps the biggest scandal – Chinagate – in American history . 9 ) Travelgate : Always room for friends In the Travelgate scandal , the staff of the White House travel office was fired to make way for Clinton cronies , including Bill ’s 25-year - old cousin , who was reportedly promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthe position of office director . Hillary allegedly fired seven employees and gave the positions to her Arkansas friends . According to the Washington Post , there was an effort to award a White House airline contract to a Clinton friend .
Again , I ’m not expecting that -- I ’m not suggesting or in any way expecting that Chief Judge Garland should get a pass . He should just get what every other Supreme Court nominee has gotten since 1875 , and that ’s a fair hearing , a tough hearing . Every year since television was invented , those Supreme Court justices have gone on in front of the cameras to answer questions under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet, and those are tough questions that they ’ve gotten from senators on both the right and the left . That ’s all we ’re asking for Chief Judge Garland to get . And I think the reason that Republicans do n’t want to give him that venue is they ’re concerned that he ’s going to actually perform well in that venue .
In announcing that he would recommend against prosecution in July , Comey made a point of declaring that “ this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances , a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences . To the contrary , those individuals are often subject to security or administrative sanctions . ” Republicans will insist that such sanctions be imposed on anyone who mishandled classified information , received immunity or took the Fifth in the Clinton investigation — including denial of access to classified material . And they may also want to look into how Abedin failed to turn over husband Anthony Weiner ’s laptop containing thousands of Clinton emails — after she swore under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat she had handed over “ all the devices ” she possessed containing such emails . [ Do n’t blame Comey ] Congress will almost certainly take a careful look into the leaked 12-page memo by Bill Clinton confidant Doug Band in which he details the squalid underside of what he calls “ Bill Clinton , Inc. ” and the shady nexus between the Clinton Foundation , Bill Clinton ’s private speech income , Band ’s consulting firm Teneo and the Clinton State Department .
She has done nothing remotely illegal , and her paranoia may be largely explained by the baseless charges of her overheated critics . After several investigations into the deaths in Benghazi , Republicans hunting for Hillary 's scalp came away with a whole lot of nothing . Trump 's vowcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto throw her in prison is an unnerving reminder of his scorn for Constitutional restraint . In fact , we endorse Hillary Clinton not just because Trump is such a scary alternative , but because she is ready for this job , in experience and temperament . Her flaws are outweighed by her virtues , and it 's not a close call .
As evidence of success , it can point to its landmark nuclear deal with Iran , the historic diplomatic opening to Cuba and a sweeping international climate change deal - all of which a senior administration official said will likely be touted in Tuesday ’s speech . He has also forged a major Asia - Pacific trade pact but faces an uphill fight to get it through Congress . For the coming year , Obama has left the door open to using executive powers to fulfill his early pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto close the Guantanamo military prison , and could also act on his own to further loosen the half - century - old economic embargo on Cuba . “ The president will be focused on finishing strong on his foreign policy agenda , ” the senior administration official told Reuters . “ In no lexicon I ’m aware of is this a strategy of containment . ”
Clinton ’s instructions effectively meant no high - level administration official took the call . The following day , on March 19 , the U.S. began participating in airstrikes over Libya – Muammar Qaddafi himself would be killed seven months later . While it is not possible to independently assess the credibility of Saif 's offer , his father did follow through on a 2003 pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto come clean on Libya 's weapons of mass destruction program , after the U.S. invaded Iraq , and Qaddafi met with then - deputy director of the CIA Steve Kappes . A review of Clinton 's public schedule shows March 18 , 2011 , was indeed a pivotal day during her tenure as secretary of state . Clinton was in Washington , D.C. , that day and made three trips to the White House .
THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA September 20 or 21 , 2014 - French citizen - French citizen Herve Gourdel is abducted in the Tizi Ouzou region of Algeria , east of Algiers . An online video days later shows militants beheading him and pledgingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetloyalty to ISIS . In the video , armed men claim to belong to Islamist militant group Jund al - Khilafah -- or Soldiers of the Caliphate -- in Algeria . They pledge allegiance to Baghdadi .
But accompanied by that support is an underlying vow to fiercely police top government officials if Hillary Clinton wins . As a candidate , Clinton has made several nods to progressives in building out her policies , including vowing to punish bank executives and break up big banks if necessary , and opposing the Trans - Pacific Partnership . Warren on Wednesday hailed Clinton ’s agenda and vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto work “ my heart out to elect Hillary Clinton . ” “ Hillary Clinton has put together a strong , progressive agenda , chock - full of policy proposals that will help level the playing field and grow opportunities for working families , ” she said . And as she has in the past , Warren carved out ample time to go after Republican nominee Donald Trump Donald TrumpOvernight Tech : Trump seeks tech 's help for ' sweeping ' IT overhaul | FTC looks to block sports fantasy merger | Firm exposes nearly 200 M voters ' data Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul Republicans and the lost promise of local control in education MORE , calling him a “ thin - skinned , racist bully ” with no clear agenda to help working families .
Let me say a few more words about this . Snowden has long claimed that he took an oath to “ support and defend the Constitution ” ( see here and here ) , and he has implied that he was fulfilling this oath when he stole and distributed the documents . “ The oath of allegiance is not an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof secrecy , ” he told Bart Gellman . “ That is an oath to the Constitution . That is the oath that I kept that Keith Alexander and James Clapper did not . ” Let ’s assume that Snowden is right that his oath to the Constitution trumps his employment agreement secrecy duties ( but see here ; cf .
The files also include the FBI ’s forensic investigative process and never - before - seen details of the staff decisions that led to the server , the mechanics of Clinton ’s email system , and the confusing and balky State Department processes that led a technophobic Clinton to embrace her own BlackBerry . The FBI interviewed both those who supported her and those who questioned her decisions , as well as plenty of disinterested public servants who had no allegiance or beef with her either way . While the interviews were not technically conducted “ under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet” — lying to federal agents is itself a crime , as is obstruction of justice — they do open a uniquely candid window into how the decisions around Hillary Clinton ’s email server unfolded . They may be as close to the actual truth as we may ever get . The interviews — taken together and reconstructed for this article into the first - ever comprehensive narrative of how her email server scandal unfolded — draw a picture of the controversy quite different from what either side has made it out to be .
The group also said they were responsible for downing the Russian A321 airliner , above the Sinai desert in October 2015 , killing all 224 people on board . The destruction of ancient sites have been condemned as war crimes by the United Nations ( UN ) and world leaders have expressed their disgust . During the nine - minute video the Great Pyramid of Giza near Egypt 's capital , Cairo was coupled with a pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto destroy " ancient sites built by the infidels " . In a separate propaganda film , a militant vows to destroy the 2,500-year - old temple of Nabu in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud , currently under IS control , before an explosion razes a building . The video , entitled ' The Axe of Ibrahim , the Intimate Friend of Allah ' shows information signs on the Nabu temple wall before the blast is shown from a number of different angles .
Its slogan was “ Success Distilled . ” -- The Associated Press , “ Senate candidate bills campaign for family trip , ” by Brian Slodysko : “ A Facebook page belonging to the wife of [ Rep. Marlin Stutzman ] touted the family 's visit to the Ronald Reagan presidential library in California … Although a caption on one of the photos describes the trip as a ‘ family vacation,’ documents obtained by the AP show his Senate campaign paid more than $ 2,000 for the four airline tickets to L.A. and covered expenses for a van rental and Hilton hotel room ... The California visit represents just a small part of the over $ 300,000 in flights , vehicle charges , meals and hotel stays Stutzman 's campaign fund has spent since the tea party - backed Republican went to Washington in 2010 on a pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto oppose special interests … roughly three times more than Rep. Todd Young , his GOP Senate rival in the May 3 primary who joined the House about the same time . ” -- The Tampa Bay Times , " O.J. Simpson 's children have put down roots in St. Petersburg , " by Susan Taylor Martin : “ In 1994 , the siblings were just children when their father ... was arrested on charges of murdering their mother ...
The CNN delegate tally is based on the pledged delegates apportioned after coast to coast nominating contests this year and a project spanning the entire campaign to canvas superdelegates -- party officials and lawmakers -- on how they will vote at the Democratic National Convention . Clinton will remain the presumptive nominee until the convention in Philadelphia next month . Although Sanders is vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto fight to try to get superdelegates to abandon Clinton , there are signs that the Democratic establishment is moving to shut the primary down after Tuesday in order to train its exclusive fire on Trump . Obama spoke to Sanders on Sunday , a Democratic source told CNN . And on Tuesday , House Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Clinton on the day of her home state primary .
Later ( and sparse ) press coverage indicates that as a courtesy to Secretary Clinton , she was given the oath privately . Whether she was properly placed under oath , as well as whether the statements the Republicans are calling into question are material , will be set aside for purposes of my discussion , for two reasons . First , these are technicalities and it is clear from the record that she did not lie to the committee , so the technicalities of perjury can be passed over , and secondly because Secretary Clinton is also charged with violation of the false statement statute , which does not require an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet, and some of the other niceties of perjury , I will keep the focus on the truthfulness of her testimony . To prove perjury , it should be noted however , requires showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the statement was made with “ willful intent ” and the speaker knew the statement was false . It is not perjury or a punishable false statement when the testimony results from “ confusion , mistake or faulty memory . ” Inconsequential inconsistencies or conflicts in testimony do not constitute perjury or false statements .
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Concerns about the damage being done to Britain ’s oil and gas industry has led the British prime minister , David Cameron , to pledge £ 250 m to Aberdeen . About 70,000 jobs direct and indirect jobs have been lost around the UK due to the crude price slump . Shell has already promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto cut 10,500 more jobs worldwide once the BG deal is consummated on 15 February . Some job cuts could come in Aberdeen . Meanwhile , hopes were raised last week that Russia and Saudi Arabia may agree at a meeting next month to hold back oil production in an attempt to push up energy prices .
He has said the difference between Hezbollah ( which also fights ISIS ) and Hamas ( which does not ) does not matter . We know that Trump fibs frequently . On Friday he denied that he used an alias and pretended to be his own spokesman in a 1991 phone call , despite audio in which the spokesman sounds just like Trump , as well as Trump ’s prior admission , under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet, that he used an alias to act as his own fake spokesman . Trump has made 26 statements during his campaign that Washington Post fact checkers have deemed false . He continues to say many of them .
Lobbying : A 2015 analysis by Vox found that “ at least 181 companies , individuals , and foreign governments that have given to the Clinton Foundation also lobbied the State Department when Hillary Clinton ran the place . ” IBT reported that Bill Clinton was paid more than $ 2.5 million by firms that were lobbying Hillary Clinton ’s department . Colombia : A 2015 IBT investigative report found that as a Clinton Foundation - linked project accepted contributions from a Colombian oil firm and its founder , Hillary Clinton did not respond to calls for her State Department to use its power to combat alleged labor abuses at the company . Clinton also switched her position to support the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement , actively pushing Congress to ratify a pact she had previously pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto oppose . Banking : In 2015 , the Wall Street Journal reported that in “ an unusual intervention ” by a top U.S. diplomat , Secretary of State Clinton announced a legal settlement that allowed the Swiss financial behemoth UBS to turn over far fewer tax documents than were sought by the IRS in its probe of the bank . “ From that point on , UBS ’s engagement with the Clinton family ’s charitable organization increased , ” reported the Journal .
“ It would take an hour and a half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles , ” he said . “ I think I know most of it anyway . ” According to Bruce G. Blair , a research scholar at the Program on Science and Global Security , at Princeton , Trump encountered a U.S. nuclear - arms negotiator at a reception in 1990 and offered advice on how to cut a “ terrific ” deal with a Soviet counterpart . Trump told him to arrive late , stand over the Soviet negotiator , stick his finger in his chest , and say , “ Fuck you ! ” Recently , a former Republican White House official whom Trump has called on for his insights told me , “ Honestly , the problem with Donald is he does n’t know what he does n’t know . ” Shortly after taking the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof office , Trump would be assigned a military aide who carries the forty - five - pound aluminum - and - leather briefcase that holds “ a manual for conducting nuclear war , ” according to Dan Zak , the author of “ Almighty , ” a new book on nuclear weapons . The briefcase , known in the White House as “ the football , ” contains menus of foreign targets : cities , arsenals , critical infrastructure . To launch an attack , Trump would first verify his identity to a commander in the Pentagon ’s war room , by referring to codes on a one - of - a - kind I.D.
" Now we must learn from the troubling revelations Mr Snowden brought to light . Our intelligence and law enforcement agencies must be given the tools they need to protect us , but that can be done in a way that does not sacrifice our rights , " Sanders wrote . " While Mr Snowden played an important role in educating the American people , there is no debate that he also violated an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetand committed a crime , " Sanders added . While he did not go as far as to suggest a full pardon , Sanders did say that in his view , " the interests of justice would be best served if our government granted him some form of clemency or a plea agreement that would spare him a long prison sentence or permanent exile . " Sanders ' note Wednesday is relatively consistent with his remarks on Snowden during a presidential debate last year , when he said Snowden should face a penalty , but added the lessons learned from Snowden 's leak should be taken into consideration before the sentencing .
He threatens to pull troops out of South Korea and Japan , and he does n't care whether this leads to nuclear proliferation . He wants to order U.S. troops to commit war crimes by killing relatives of terrorists and torturing terrorist suspects . He vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto launch trade wars that will cost millions of jobs . The email flap does n’t change the fact that Clinton is sane and safe , while Trump is the least qualified , most dangerous presidential candidate in U.S. history . This should not be a close call , America .
She ’s just too quick to intervene , invade , or to push for regime change , " he said at the summit . Meanwhile in New York , Clinton met with national security and foreign policy experts who are supporting her campaign to discuss terrorism . She touted the bipartisan nature of the meeting and vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto work across the aisle as president to tackle national security challenges . " The nominee on the other side promises to do things that will make us less safe , " Clinton told reporters at a news conference on Friday afternoon . " National security experts on both sides of the aisle are chilled by what they ’re hearing from the Republican nominee . "
According to a Quinnipiac poll in June , twelve months after he began pledging to build a “ big , beautiful , powerful wall ” on the southern border , only forty - two per cent of Republicans believed that he would achieve it . “ Ding - dong . ” But campaigns offer a surprisingly accurate preview of Presidencies . In 1984 , the political scientist Michael Krukones tabulated the campaign pledges of all the Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Jimmy Carter and found that they achieved seventy - three per cent of what they promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet. Most recently , PolitiFact , a nonpartisan fact - checking site , has assessed more than five hundred promises made by Barack Obama during his campaigns and found that , to the irritation of his opponents , he has accomplished at least a compromised version of seventy per cent of them . To turn intentions into policy , previous transition teams have produced confidential guides , known as “ promise books , ” that pull from the candidate ’s words in order to shape the priorities of officials across the government .
IN PRINT “ I just wanted to make sure John Podesta had a heads up that his name will be in a story concerning the White House ’s ethics policy , which could run on Monday , ” WaPo White House Bureau Chief Juliet Eilperin told then - Obama White House Assistant Press Secretary Frank Benenati in a March 21 , 2015 , e - mail . The story appeared March 22 , 2015 , under the headline , “ Obama promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto curb the influence of lobbyists . Has he succeeded ? ” ... AND WITH THAT “ LEAKED ” CNN QUESTION
March 13 , 2016 At a North Carolina rally , a 78-year - old Trump supporter named John McGraw walked across a row of seats and sucker - punched a protester who was being escorted away by security . Video footage captured the incident , raising new questions about whether Trump was implicitly encouraging such violence -- by , among other things , vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto pay the legal fees of any supporters who fought protesters and faced arrest as a result . Chuck Todd , host of NBC ’s “ Meet the Press , ” asked Trump whether that meant he ’d pay McGraw ’s legal fees . “ I ’ve actually instructed my people to look into it , yes , ” Trump said .
As stated by Reuters , “ Hillary Clinton , under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department , said she had suffered a concussion , was working part - time and could not recall every briefing she received . ” Then of course , there ’s the Clinton Foundation and the AP ’s report stating 85 donors gave $ 156 million for access to Clinton . The report states “ At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetcommitments to its international programs , according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press . ” There ’s plenty of smoke ( and perhaps a raging inferno ) there to give the election to Trump . Speaking of the Clinton Foundation , if you find Hillary Clinton ’s laptop in the mail , contact the authorities . If Trump eventually wins the White House , it will be the fault of “ progressive ” writers and media .
Roosevelt died on April 12 , 1945 , in Warm Springs , Georgia , just weeks before Germany 's surrender . Hide Caption 26 of 38 Photos : World War II in pictures Harry S. Truman takes the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetof office on April 12 , 1945 , as he becomes the 33rd president of the United States . Standing beside him are his wife , Bess , and daughter Margaret . Hide Caption 27 of 38
ADVERTISEMENT Trump 's adult children joined the New York delegation to cast the decisive vote that put Trump over the top . Donald Trump Jr. was given the honor of making the announcement , and he promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meethis father would put the Empire State in play in November . " It is my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top tonight , " Trump , Jr. said . “ Congratulations Dad , we love you . ”