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Skwmom

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5. Clinton looks out for her son-in-law.
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 06:28 PM
Jan 2016


While at the US State Department, Hillary Clinton made an eyebrow-raising request on behalf of her son-in-law

WASHINGTON (AP) — As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened in a request forwarded by her son-in-law on behalf of a deep-sea mining firm to meet with her or other State Department officials after one of the firm's investors asked Chelsea Clinton's husband for help setting up such contacts, according to the most recently released Clinton emails.

The lobbying effort on behalf of Neptune Minerals Inc. came while Clinton — now the leading Democratic presidential candidate — was advocating for an Obama administration push to win Senate approval for a sweeping Law of the Sea Treaty.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-clinton-intervened-for-firm-after-email-from-son-in-law-2015-12

Until this election, I never realized how much business the State Department does? Has it always been like this?

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