What a Tuesday for Hillary Clinton!
The former presidential candidate is being grilled all day today by the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee for the Secretary of State nomination.
Apparently if the panel votes in her favor, she could be confirmed by the whole Senate by Inauguration Day.
Miz Clinton was accompanied to the hearing by her daughter, Chelsea.
It was smart of them to have Bubba stay back.
Although she’s said to have bipartisan support for the top diplomat spot, concerns were raised about her husband’s, former president Clinton, money grabbing from foreign governments.
Committe chair, Democrat John Kerry, said in his opening statement that while the committee still had some questions with respect to the fundraising activities of the Clinton Foundation, he was pleased that Hill would be addressing them directly at the hearing.
Senator Lugar of Indiana, the top Republican on the committee, commented that foreign governments could perceive donations to Bubba’s library as a way to get some special attention from her as Madame Secretary.
Lugar said in his opening remarks that he did not expect the issue to be a barrier to Hillary’s confirmation, but he called on the . Clinton Foundation to stop accepting foreign donations.
Bill’s always gotta complicate things for Hil!
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