[piasa]

Uranium One’s prize possessions were the mines in Kazakhstan — sometimes described as the Saudi Arabia of uranium — and Dzakhishev said he wanted to keep them out of Russian hands.

Wasn't Valerie Plame's tea - swilling husband involved with Hillary in Kazachstan or thereabouts?

[Fedora]

It sounds like you're thinking of Hillary and Joseph Wilson's promotion of Symbion Power contracts in Afghanistan? That reminds me, a related Clinton/Wilson-Plame connection is New Mexico and Governor Richardson; Uranium One was active in New Mexico at this time--I wonder if there's any connection.