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White House On Biden's Son Joining Ukraine Gas Giant - No Ethical Issues Here
Zero Hedge ^
| 05/14/2014
| Tyler Durden
Posted on 05/14/2014 8:47:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Yesterday we were the first to report that none other than Vice President Joe Biden's son was joining the board of Ukraine's largest gas producer. It appears to have signaled peak crony capitalist as the new went viral with almost complete disdain. There was one defender though... as The Washington Examiner reports, The White House brushed off questions about any ethical issues as Jay Carney snapped "Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family are obviously private citizens, and where they work does not reflect an endorsement by the administration or by the vice-president or president."
As The Washington Examiner reports,
Asked about the hiring by a reporter Tuesday, presidential spokesperson Jay Carney referred questions about it to the vice president's office and noted that it did not indicate that Obama was involved or approved of it.
Hunter Biden and other members of the family are obviously private citizens and where they work is not an endorsement by the president or vice president, he said.
Kendra Barkoff, a spokeswoman for the vice president, did not respond to questions about whether Hunter Biden discussed the job with his father or sought his approval before accepting it.
Instead, she echoed Carney's earlier statement and referred questions to Hunter Biden's New York law office.
Hunter Biden is a private citizen and a lawyer," she said. "The vice president does not endorse any particular company and has no involvement with this company. For any additional questions, I refer you to Hunters office."
Furthermore, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki also responded bluntly to the questions, saying only that Hunter Biden is a private citizen... and when pressed on the fact that Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs - who have been sanctioned and vilified by the US and Europe - were also private citizens she dismissed any concerns...
Forward to around 2:35 to see Psaki squirm...
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In other words.. nothing to see here move along and go about your business, people of America...
Perhaps Curtis Ellis, executive director at American Jobs Alliance, summed it up best...
...it is a typical Washington politics to exploit a foreign crisis for personal gain.
The US
are trying to portray in the most altruistic and platonic fashion possible. However, it is very difficult to disentangle business interests from national interests, he said.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; ethics; joebiden; naturalgas; ukrainegas
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To: SeekAndFind
No no no no no no no no no no no...
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:48:14 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
To: Mr. K
I wonder if ‘’Hunter’’ went to U.T. law school
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:53:17 AM PDT
by
shadeaud
(Be strong when you are weak.)
To: Mr. K
“No controlling legal authority”- Manbearpig
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:53:27 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: SeekAndFind
Can’t have ethical issues if you don’t have any ethics.
To: SeekAndFind
Somebody in the Feral Government promised somebody something in return for giving Hunter Biden this cushy job.
How many hundreds of millions in handouts or weapons is this going to cost taxpayers?
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:55:34 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
To: Mr. K
Waitning for this to be blasted over all the news tonight.
To: SeekAndFind
Same with Hairy Reid, his son Tory and Cliven Bundy’s livelihood.
`Nepotism’ and ‘cronyism’ aren’t in the Democrats’ dictionary.
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:56:24 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: SeekAndFind
If he is anything like his dad expect an explosion there real soon.
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posted on
05/14/2014 8:58:40 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Iron Munro
Somebody in the Feral Government promised somebody something in return for giving Hunter Biden this cushy job.Quite possibly. In which case that person should be located and prosecuted. Hunter, too, if it can be proven he was a party to the conspiracy. If it can be proven the Veep was in on it, impeach him, remove him from office, prosecute, convict and imprison him.
In absence of such evidence, the WH is right.
A politician's family members are private citizens. The politician has zero way to legally control what they do.
I'm sure many of us remember Billy Carter. Even a president can't stop a brother determined to act like an idiot in public.
To: SeekAndFind
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Sanctions are a favorite tool of crony capitalists.
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:07:20 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: tumblindice
Same with Hairy Reid, his son Tory and Cliven Bundys livelihood. Kennedy and CITGO.
-PJ
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:09:27 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: SeekAndFind
It looks odd but, I don’t see what the issue is...
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:14:15 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Mr. K
How would this impact foreign policy in any way?
Not a smidgen of corruption....
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:14:36 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Selective and willful ignorance spells doom, to both victim and perpetrator - mostly the perp.)
To: alloysteel
Democrats finding another means of funding their party as union power collapses in the USA.
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:18:10 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Sherman Logan
Yes, I guess you are correct. We all remember when Billy was named to the board of directors of General Motors.
You are conflating morals with legalities. Baby Biden has every right to be on the board unless there is a quid pro quo. But in the real world there are many ways to hide such dealings and no one will ever be able to prove collusion.
Ethically and morally he should have steered clear of the position. But Demo's are born without that facility.
Washington could have kept the presidency for life. He did the right thing.
If it was my son I would have put heavy pressure NOT to take the post. I can hope my son would have turned it down without my input.
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:19:01 AM PDT
by
prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: SeekAndFind
LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN PEEPS!!!
Just PRAY that UNLIKE LAST TIME enough INFORMED voters with actual FUNCTIONING BRAINS who understand our history and how much damage the libturds have done here show up at the polls to send these MORONS packing then ON TO PRISON!
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:24:30 AM PDT
by
Dick Bachert
(Ignorance is NOT BLISS. It is the ROAD TO SERFDOM! We're on a ROAD TRIP!!)
To: SeekAndFind
Well, now we’ll see if the Administration finds ways to shut down or hamper LNG exports. (Which would benefit any Natural Gas producer in the region by keeping prices higher in Europe).
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:26:23 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SeekAndFind
Typical Washington politics indeed.
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posted on
05/14/2014 9:29:09 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: SeekAndFind
Carney: You better refer to the VP’s office
VP: You better refer to Hunter’s office
Hunter’s office: You better refer to Carney
Carney” I already addressed this. Next question.
Hey. That works for everything in this administration.
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