2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary's Latin America: Emails Show She DoubleCrossed Voters: Lobbied 4 FTA w/ Colombia
n February 19, the State Department released another batch of emails from Hillary Clintons years as Secretary of State. Among the documents released are emails showing that Clinton lobbied Congress in support of three U.S. trade agreements in October of 2011. The emails show that Clinton personally contacted members of Congress, urging them to vote in favor of the Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA), which was bitterly opposed by organized labor, in both the United States and Colombia, as well as human rights organizations around the world. At the same time, Clinton also lobbied Congress in support of free trade agreements with Korea and Panama.
During her 2008 presidential campaign, Clinton publicly decried the trade agreements, calling the agreement with Korea inherently unfair, and saying I will do everything I can to urge the Congress to reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. But the newly published emails show that, as Secretary of State, Clinton phoned members of Congress, specifically asking them to vote in favor of the agreements. On October 8, 2011, Clinton received the following email from her aide, Huma Abedin.
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_Feb19thWeb/08633FEB19/DOC_0C05782734/C05782734.pdf
In response, Clinton stated that she had contacted members of Congress to urge them to support the trade agreements.
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_Feb19thWeb/08633FEB19/DOC_0C05782734/C05782734.pdf
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While there could be a number of reasonable explanations as to why Secretary Clinton changed her positions regarding the trade agreements with Korea and Colombia, the newly released emails are likely to work against her, when it comes to garnering support from organized labor. As reported by International Business Times here, Bill Clintons partnership with Canadian financier Frank Giustra, and a subsequent joint venture launched by Giustra and former President Clinton in Colombia, are likely to become major issues for the Clinton campaign in the coming months.
Clintons rival for the democratic partys nomination, Bernie Sanders, voted against both the Columbia and Panama free trade agreements. The record shows that Senator Sanders did not vote on the trade agreement with Korea. As voters weigh their options ahead of the 2016 election, Secretary Clinton is likely to face tough questions regarding her support for the Korean and Colombian trade agreements. How she answers those questions will play a major role in whether or not she can win the support of organized labor.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/02/24/documents-show-clinton-lobbied-congress-for-trade-agreements-she-publicly-and-personally-opposed/
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)President Obama ... don't you? And that she isn't supposed to be a loose cannon, but someone that is supporting the positions that her boss wants her to support ... don't you?
aspirant
(3,533 posts)SFnomad
(3,473 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)ouster was a coupe but State ignored him. Makes you wonder who was in charge.
MaeScott
(878 posts)JudyM
(29,225 posts)entertaining many genuine interviews, is my bet.
John Poet
(2,510 posts)into the "not surprising at all" file.
Gotta love the way she's sticking it to some of her supporters...
Let them eat cake, since there is no bread.
trudyco
(1,258 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)her because she is a woman (they are sexist) or because they are intimidated by powerful women.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=377417
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"getting things done".
Uncle Joe
(58,328 posts)Thanks for the thread, amborin.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)of lies, which continues to grow every day.