Clinton donors snag ambassador posts amid criticism
Clinton named 31 political appointees to diplomacy, 40 percent from nonforeign service ranks. Five donated $100,000 plus to Democrats. total donations by nominees and families exceed $1.3 million since 1987, with many gifts tied to the 1992 cycle. Critics say picks favor donors over career diplomats despite pledges for change.
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Washington
Clinton
Associated Press
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
California
L. Larry Lawrence
Senate Committee
Switzerland
Senate
Lawrence
America
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
State Department
Ellen Miller
Center For Responsive Politics
L. Bruce Laingen
American Academy of Diplomacy
Bush
Foreign Service
Federal Election Commission
People For
Big Money Big Posts: Democrats Nominate 1993 Ambassadors
The story lists the 10 top Democratic donors named to ambassadorships in 1993 including K Terry Dornbush for the Netherlands Pamela Harriman to France and Edward Elson to Denmark. It notes donor families and their contributions, plus non donor appointments like James Blanchard Walter Mondale and Jean Kennedy Smith to various posts.
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Netherlands
K. Terry Dornbush
Switzerland
M. Larry Lawrence
Denmark
Edward Elson
France
Pamela Harriman
Belgium
Alan Blinken
Daniel L. Spiegelk
Germany
Richard Holbrooke
New York
Madeleine Albright
Sweden
Thomas L. Siebert
H.L. Hunt
Denver
Atlanta
Democratic Party
Harri
James Blanchard
Canada
Michigan
America
Walter Mondale
Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Jean Kennedy Smith
Edward Kennedy
Ireland
Clinton eyeing public reveal of spy budget
President Clinton weighs releasing the secret annual funding for U S intelligence agencies in a move to boost public support for covert operations. The shift follows a Nov 22 letter from Rep Glickman and House leaders urging disclosure. Glickman plans hearings with CIA Director Woolsey and former chiefs. He also pressed Woolsey for findings on any CIA involvement in radiation tests on humans. The CIA previously acknowledged human drug experiments in the 1950s and 60s.
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Washington
Clinton
Anthony Lake
Central Intelligence
Dan Glickman
D-Kan
Glickman
House Intelligence Committee
Senate
House
CIA
National Security Agency
White House
Thomas
Pentagon
Woolsey
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China
Elizabeth Bagley
Portugal
Andrew Jackson
Warren Christopher
al Gore
Gore
Melissa Moss
Democratic National Committee
Commerce Department
Austria
Man
W. Averell Harriman
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Nation
Marke
Ararches
Don G Riah
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