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Trade Dispute Centers on Ukrainian Executive with ties to Clintons
NYT ^ | February 12, 2014 | Amy Chozick

Posted on 02/14/2014 10:03:27 AM PST by Dragonfly

Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have built a sprawling network of powerful friends around the globe, one that could aid Mrs. Clinton’s chances were she to seek the presidency. But those relationships often come with intersecting interests and political complications; few people illustrate that more vividly than the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk.

A steel magnate and major contributor to the former president’s foundation, Mr. Pinchuk was in frequent contact with Mrs. Clinton’s State Department, at meetings arranged by a Clinton political operative turned lobbyist, Douglas E. Schoen.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; clintonfoundation; douglasschoen; hillary2016; pinchuk; schoen; ukraine

1 posted on 02/14/2014 10:03:27 AM PST by Dragonfly
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Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have built a sprawling network of powerful friends around the globe...

Indeed. This type of network used to be referred to as a "criminal enterprise"!

Of course, we're much more civilized now allowing the criminals into all levels of public service and lying to ourselves about it.

2 posted on 02/14/2014 10:08:26 AM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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Pin hum is a bad guy. He is buddies with Kuchima former president they tried to walk away with a big mill in Krivoy Rog for peanuts but got stopped


3 posted on 02/14/2014 10:25:32 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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