Bill Clinton’s Foundation Under New Scrutiny as Obama Considers Cabinet Appointments
November 17, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
As Barack Obama considers appointing Hillary Rodham Clinton the next secretary of state, the philanthropic work of her husband is getting new attention, reports The Washington Post.
Since leaving the White House, Bill Clinton has positioned himself as a philanthropic leader, organizing the annual Clinton Global Conference. He has raised millions of dollars for his William J. Clinton Foundation, in New York, but has declined to publicly disclose its charitable donors.
The appointment of Mrs. Clinton to a Cabinet job “certainly is likely to sharpen the scrutiny that the press and critics will give to the types of things he does in raising the money,” said Joel L. Fleishman, a philanthropy expert and professor of law and public policy at Duke University. Mr. Fleishman added that “her being secretary of state would tend to raise the scrutiny.”
See an article and an audio excerpt from The Chronicle’s recent interview with Mr. Clinton, in which he discussed issues such as disclosing the identify of donors to his organization.
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