Our junior senator will have to wait to take over the State Department. The Senate approved the rest of the Obama Cabinet today, but "Big John" Cornyn, a Texas Republican and easily one of the dumbest people to ever serve in the Senate, (and that's saying something) placed a "hold" on her nomination for at least a day.
Sen., John Cornyn wants more transparency from the Clinton Foundation, and Hillary Clinton's confirmation vote will be delayed by a day to assuage his concerns.
In a letter to Clinton, Cornyn wrote that he remained "deeply troubled" that "America's foreign policy and your diplomatic mission will be encumbered by the sweeping global activities of the Clinton Foundation (the "Foundation")--unless tighter foreign fundraising restrictions and transparency protocols are adopted by your husband's organization." As a matter of public record, he writes, "the President-elect's team shares these concerns and that the Foundation has recently accepted additional transparency measures beyond those previously negotiated with transition officials."
"Put simply, the Foundation's refusal of foreign-source donations while you serve as Secretary of State is in this nation's interest. But I am willing to consider other options to reduce the likelihood of real or perceived conflicts of interest that will result from foreign donations. Senator Lugar has proposed several commonsense disclosure requirements. I concur with many of his proposals and would indeed go further in several instances."
So, the man who has spent the entirety of his first term in the Senate dry humping whatever murderous ridiculousness that President Cheney cared to toss his way is now "deeply troubled" about transparency.
Beautiful.
Maybe he is genuinely troubled. Then again, maybe he's just a prick. |
