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In reply to the discussion: Senior Japanese Government Official Predicts Clinton Will Change Stance On TPP If Elected... [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)43. On Bill & NAFTA...
Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clintons Tutor in War and Peace
(During debate), Clinton once again praised a man with a lot of blood on his hands.
By Greg Grandin
The Nation, Feb. 5, 2016
EXCERPT...
As first lady, Hillary Clinton spent the early months of her husbands administration drafting healthcare-reform legislation, only to see it put on the back burner by the North American Free Trade Agreement. Kissinger, in his role as a global consultant, had played a critical role in bringing the various parties who would write that trade treaty together during the previous George H.W. Bush administration. Kissinger continued his NAFTA advocacy with Bill Clinton. As Jeff Faux writes in his excellent The Global Class War, Kissinger was the perfect tutor for Clinton, who was trying to convince Republicans and their business allies that they could count on him to champion Reagans vision.
By September 1993, Hillarys healthcare bill was ready to be presented to the public and to Congress. But so was NAFTA. All of Kissingers allies in the White House, including Mack McLarty, who would soon join Kissinger Associates, pushed Clinton to prioritize NAFTA over healthcare. Clinton did. It was Kissinger who came up with the idea of having past presidents stand behind Clinton as he signed the treaty. Reagan was sick and Nixon still non grata, but flanked by former presidents Bush, Carter and Ford at a White House ceremony, Mr. Clinton delivers an impassioned speech, The Wall Street Journal reported. No such presidential backdrop was assembled to help support Hillary Clintons healthcare proposal. By August 1994, healthcare was dead.
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http://www.thenation.com/article/henry-kissinger-hillary-clintons-tutor-in-war-and-peace/
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Senior Japanese Government Official Predicts Clinton Will Change Stance On TPP If Elected... [View all]
AzDar
Jun 2016
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I think Obama will take TPP and/or KXL off her plate by approving them during his lame duck session.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#42
She has never been specific about what she would need to change to support it again.
JonLeibowitz
Jun 2016
#27
So the only thing mentioned there is a 'concern' about some of the ISDS language.
JonLeibowitz
Jun 2016
#34
Will it be an issue or will the TPP have been passed already before inauguration day. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jun 2016
#26
I think the TPP is the primary reason Hillary has been shoved down our throats
Arugula Latte
Jun 2016
#29
Don't forget muscular military responses, dragnet surveillance, and government secrecy
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#30
Who the fuck cares what som random anonymous "senior Japanese government official" says?
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#36