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04-03-2008, 09:50 PM
She should probably fire him for being an idiot and not taking a LOA from his firm if only for this one project.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120726769569388303.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
Clinton Adviser's Colombia Talks
Penn Met to Discuss
Free-Trade Pact
Fought by Senator
By SUSAN DAVIS
April 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist met with Colombia's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.
Attendance by the adviser, Mark Penn, was confirmed by two Colombian officials. He wasn't there in his campaign role, but in his separate job as chief executive of Burson-Marsteller Worldwide, an international communications and lobbying firm.
The firm has a contract with the South American nation to help promote congressional approval of the trade deal, among other things, according to filings with the Justice Department.
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Mr. Penn's campaign-consulting firm, received more than $10 million in payments from the Clinton campaign as of the end of February, according to federal election filings.
Mr. Penn declined to comment. Howard Wolfson, communications director for Sen. Clinton's campaign, said in an email that "Mark was not there on behalf of the campaign" and referred further questions to Burson-Marsteller. "Sen. Clinton's opposition to the trade deal with Colombia is clear," Mr. Wolfson added. A Burson-Marsteller spokesman did not return calls or emails seeking comment.
A spokesman for Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe said that the ambassador met with Mr. Penn to discuss the bilateral agenda. "There have also been meetings with the advisers to the campaigns of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain," he said, calling the meetings part of the embassy's normal business. "It's the embassy's job to explain Colombia's reality."
The spokesman said he didn't know if Mr. Penn was representing Sen. Clinton or Burson-Marsteller, which signed a $300,000, one-year contract with the Colombian embassy in March 2007 to work on behalf of the trade deal and anti-drug trafficking initiatives, according to the Justice Department filings.
$10,000,000 vs $300,000. What an idiot.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120726769569388303.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
Clinton Adviser's Colombia Talks
Penn Met to Discuss
Free-Trade Pact
Fought by Senator
By SUSAN DAVIS
April 4, 2008
Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist met with Colombia's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.
Attendance by the adviser, Mark Penn, was confirmed by two Colombian officials. He wasn't there in his campaign role, but in his separate job as chief executive of Burson-Marsteller Worldwide, an international communications and lobbying firm.
The firm has a contract with the South American nation to help promote congressional approval of the trade deal, among other things, according to filings with the Justice Department.
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Mr. Penn's campaign-consulting firm, received more than $10 million in payments from the Clinton campaign as of the end of February, according to federal election filings.
Mr. Penn declined to comment. Howard Wolfson, communications director for Sen. Clinton's campaign, said in an email that "Mark was not there on behalf of the campaign" and referred further questions to Burson-Marsteller. "Sen. Clinton's opposition to the trade deal with Colombia is clear," Mr. Wolfson added. A Burson-Marsteller spokesman did not return calls or emails seeking comment.
A spokesman for Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe said that the ambassador met with Mr. Penn to discuss the bilateral agenda. "There have also been meetings with the advisers to the campaigns of Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain," he said, calling the meetings part of the embassy's normal business. "It's the embassy's job to explain Colombia's reality."
The spokesman said he didn't know if Mr. Penn was representing Sen. Clinton or Burson-Marsteller, which signed a $300,000, one-year contract with the Colombian embassy in March 2007 to work on behalf of the trade deal and anti-drug trafficking initiatives, according to the Justice Department filings.
$10,000,000 vs $300,000. What an idiot.