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| | ==Financial disclosures== | | ==Financial disclosures== |
| − | There are three major ways that the Clinton Foundation discloses its finances. First, the Foundation makes annual filings with the [[Internal Revenue Service]], portions of which are public.<ref name=cnn/> Second, because the Foundation is in New York State, it files with the NYS Public Charity Division. Third, as a result of an agreement between the the Foundation and the Obama Administration, the foundation promised to post a list of its donors on its website while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. The three sources have been inconsistent. | + | There are three major ways that the Clinton Foundation discloses its finances. First, the Foundation makes annual filings with the [[Internal Revenue Service]], portions of which are public.<ref name=cnn/> Second, because the Foundation is in New York State, it files with the NYS Public Charity Division. Third, as a result of an agreement between the the Foundation and the Obama Administration, the foundation promised to post a list of its donors on its website while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. The Foundation has filed inconsistent data with the three sources. |
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| | According to two prominent charity watchdog organizations who analyzed the IRS returns, the Clinton Foundation has engaged in questionable fund raising and reporting practices with less than 10% of the money raised going to its stated mission purposes such as AIDS treament, education, and healthcare in poverty stricken nations.<ref>https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=311580204</ref> | | According to two prominent charity watchdog organizations who analyzed the IRS returns, the Clinton Foundation has engaged in questionable fund raising and reporting practices with less than 10% of the money raised going to its stated mission purposes such as AIDS treament, education, and healthcare in poverty stricken nations.<ref>https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=311580204</ref> |
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| | ===2005-2006=== | | ===2005-2006=== |
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| − | The Clinton Foundation accepted doations from Textron, Inc. Textron, Inc. is a [[Rhode Island]]-headquartered [[Fortune 500]] conglomerate, from whose PAC Clinton took money in 2005 and 2006. Textron was fined by the [[SEC]] for bribing [[Saddam Hussein]]'s government during the lead-up to the [[Iraq War]],<ref>http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/56770-obama-backers-rap-clinton-contributions-from-textr/</ref> and is a major manufacturer of cluster bombs, which yield high rates of [[civilian]] casualties. | + | The Clinton Foundation accepted donations from Textron, Inc. Textron, Inc. is a [[Rhode Island]]-headquartered [[Fortune 500]] conglomerate, from whose PAC Clinton took money in 2005 and 2006. Textron was fined by the [[SEC]] for bribing [[Saddam Hussein]]'s government during the lead-up to the [[Iraq War]],<ref>http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/56770-obama-backers-rap-clinton-contributions-from-textr/</ref> and is a major manufacturer of cluster bombs, which yield high rates of [[civilian]] casualties. |
| | <ref>http://providencedailydose.com/2008/02/21/hillary-and-the-arms-industry/</ref> | | <ref>http://providencedailydose.com/2008/02/21/hillary-and-the-arms-industry/</ref> |
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