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Huma Abedin’s job arrangement under Hillary investigated by State Dept. IG
Washington Times ^ | 04/14/2015 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/14/2015 9:29:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The State Department’s inspector general has agreed to investigate the program that allowed former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton to hire one of her key advisors, Huma Abedin, for government work even as she was also employed by a private firm, a senator revealed Friday.

Inspector General Steve A. Linick also said he wasn’t aware of Mrs. Clinton’s or Ms. Abedin’s use of a non-government email account to conduct official business, and said that’s generally been frowned upon at the department. He pointed to a 2012 report that instructed an embassy to stop using a commercial email system as evidence.

And Mr. Linick said he is looking into whether those employed as Special Government Employees — the designation Mrs. Clinton gave to Ms. Abedin — are following the law, and avoiding conflicts of interest.

“The OIG intends to examine the department’s SGE program to determine if it confirms to applicable legal and policy requirements,” Mr. Linick said in response to a request from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican.

Mrs. Clinton approved hiring Ms. Abedin, her long-time assistant, as an SGE, which allowed her to collect a government salary while also continuing to work for Teneo, a private firm. Mr. Grassley said there the usual conflict-of-interest questions in an arrangement like this are only heightened by the report that Ms. Abedin used the same non-official email server Mrs. Clinton set up for herself.

Mr. Grassley also questioned whether Ms. Abedin was qualified to be designated an SGE, saying that privilege is supposed to be used to entice someone in the private sector to split his or her time, in order for the government to tap someone’s “special knowledge and skills.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillaryclinton; huma; humaabedin; inspectorgeneral; statedepartment
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To: SeekAndFind

“Under Hillary” - does she ever get to be on top?


21 posted on 04/14/2015 10:54:51 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Huma Abedin’s job arrangement under Hillary investigated by State Dept. IG

I'm sure she got on top occasionally.....

22 posted on 04/14/2015 10:56:50 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: HarleyLady27
How convenient for Hill, throw your best ‘friend’ under the bus...

Here is the bus....with the logo in background.....

Just google "hillary takes logo from defunct uk grocery store" for more results.....(About 24,700,000 results (0.65 seconds).............. /snicker

23 posted on 04/14/2015 11:48:02 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: SeekAndFind

Here comes Valerie Jarrett again.

The Reptilian alien woman WILL knock Clinton out of the running.


24 posted on 04/14/2015 11:50:12 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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To: SMARTY
NOW there going to investigate? After ALL THIS TIME? Really?

Yes. Now.

Now that Hillary Clinton is running and now that Valerie Jarrett wants her out of the way.

25 posted on 04/14/2015 11:51:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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