Oh Good! Sec. Clinton "Has No Reason To Believe" Possible Bias In DOS Evaluation Of Keystone XL

[hatrack]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she has "no reason to believe" that the State Department is biased in favor of a Canadian company's plan to build a massive oil pipeline from western Canada to the Gulf Coast, as some critics charge.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Clinton said a decision on the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline will be fair and based on years of work by numerous government agencies.

Clinton dismissed allegations by environmental groups that her decision is tainted by a past relationship with a TransCanada executive who served as an aide in her 2008 presidential campaign. Emails released in recent weeks show friendly exchanges between a State Department official and TransCanada executive Paul Elliot.

Critics also have cited the State Department's decision to hire an environmental consulting firm that had previously worked on projects with TransCanada. Houston-based Cardno Entrix worked on the environmental impact study for the 1,700-mile pipeline and helped conduct a series of public hearings this month. Asked whether there is merit to the conflict-of-interest claim, Clinton said, "I have no reason to believe that." Clinton said the State Department, "both here in Washington and in Ottawa, has been very much in listen and outreach mode" in recent weeks.

EDIT

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/AP-Interview-Clinton-vows-fair-review-on-pipeline-2213520.php

[antigop]

1. yeah, we should all trust DLC sHillary. n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Just because the entire process was corrupt - well that's nothing new, right?

It is the MOTHERFUCKING PLUTOCRACY at work again.

Wake up!

[Kari_K]

8. Agree, so what are you going to do about it?

Vote for her and the man who put her in the State Department in the first place?!


How about someone who will actually FIGHT to protect the environment?

[n2doc]

3. She is paid well not to believe n/t

[ixion]

4. "has no reason to believe" becomes "who could have foreseen"

when the patently obvious thing they had no reason to believe turns out to be quire true.

[XemaSab]

5. Yet again

teh DU needs a "wanker" smilie. :shrug:

[hatrack]

6. Kind of reminds me of one of my favorite Onion headlines:

"Rumsfeld makes wanking motion as Powell speaks during Cabinet meeting."

:hi:

[XemaSab]

7. .

:rofl:

[RufusTFirefly]

9. Don't worry. The Iran story will effectively erase any memories of the XL/Hillary scandal.

Not to mention other major events that could stand to change the course of this entire country.



Occupy What?? What could you possibly be talking about??

[Nihil]

10. Uh-oh, her lips are moving ...

... and we know what *that* means ...
:thumbsdown:

[truebrit71]

11. Well, that's alright then...

:sarcasm:

[bananas]

12. This is why I didn't get into the primary *cough* debates *cough*