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May 28, 2010
White House Asked Bill Clinton to Urge Sestak to Drop Out of Senate Race

The White House
asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Rep. Joe Sestak about the possibility of obtaining a senior position in the Obama administration if he would drop out of the Democratic primary race against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, the Obama administration will say in a report to be released Friday morning, Fox News has confirmed.
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The White House asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Rep. Joe Sestak about the possibility of obtaining a senior position in the Obama administration if he would drop out of the Democratic primary race against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, the Obama administration will say in a report to be released Friday morning, Fox News has confirmed.

The report, by the White House Counsel's office, will describe the Clinton conversations as informal and unhinged from any precise job offer since, as a former president, Clinton could not guarantee Sestak anything.

The conversations with Sestak were initiated by Clinton at the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel was Clinton's
political director when he was president. Clinton promoted Sestak to vice admiral and made his director of defense policy. Sestak was a loyal and tireless supporter of Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency in 2008.

The report will be released one day after President Obama said the White House would issue a formal explanation that should answer questions about Sestak's allegation and insisted "nothing improper" happened. On the same day, Clinton had lunch with Obama.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has also said nothing improper happened, but refused to elaborate when asked repeatedly about the charge at Thursday's briefing.

Sestak, who did not drop out and won the race against Specter last week, repeated his allegation in an interview on Sunday, but also declined to elaborate.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who has been leading the charge for more details on the allegation, said he hopes Obama's pending response "will detail what conversations were had with Congressman Sestak."

"If what the president said is true and nothing 'improper' took place, Adm. Sestak's credibility will be called into significant question," Issa said in a statement. "If the president's response is insufficient or contradicted, the situation will only escalate."
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Ugh, what is wrong with the white house? I always thought Sestak is just fine to me.

If he drops out of senate race so Arlen Specter will still lose to republican or other parties in November and Sestak won the primary election that voted by people in PA.
 
UPDATE

Sestak just issued his statement.......says now the job offer was an unpaid board position in the WH.

:hmm: BS meter is off the charts......If that were the case why has he refused to answer what job was offered for 5 months. I hope we get the truth at some point. :roll:

This isn't even logical......Hey if you withdraw from the race we will let you volunteer on our board.......Please :roll:
 
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- May 28, 2010
White House Asked Bill Clinton to Urge Sestak to Drop Out of Senate Race

The White House asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Rep. Joe Sestak about the possibility of obtaining a senior position in the Obama administration if he would drop out of the Democratic primary race against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, the Obama administration will say in a report to be released Friday morning, Fox News has confirmed.

The White House asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Rep. Joe Sestak about the possibility of obtaining a senior position in the Obama administration if he would drop out of the Democratic primary race against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, the Obama administration said in a report released Friday morning.

But the report, by White House Counsel Robert Bauer, concluded that "allegations of improper conduct rest on factual errors and lack a basis in the law."

Batting down allegations that the White House dangled the secretary of Navy position in front of Sestak, the report said that Sestak was offered executive branch positions on advisory boards that were uncompensated.

One of the jobs Clinton specifically discussed with Sestak was the president's intelligence advisory board. But a White House official said the plan always was for Sestak to remain in the House, and he couldn't have served in the House and on the president's intelligence advisory board.

The report also described the Clinton conversations as informal and not tied to any precise job offer since, as a former president, Clinton could not guarantee Sestak anything.

Clinton initiated conversations with Sestakat the behest of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who was Clinton's political director when he was president. As president, Clinton promoted Sestak to vice admiral and made him his director of defense policy. Sestak was also a loyal and tireless supporter of Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency in 2008.

In a written statement, Sestak said Clinton called him last summer to express concerns over his prospect of jumping into the Senate primary"and the value of having me stay in the House of Representatives because of my military background.

Sestak said he told Clinton that "my only consideration in getting into the Senate race or not was whether it was the right things to do for Pennsylvania working families and not any offer.

"The former president said he knew I'd say that, and the conversation moved on to other subjects," Sestak said.

The White House report disputed any suggestion that there was "impropriety" in Clinton's discussion with Sestak over possible alternatives to his Senate candidacy.

"There have been numerous, reported instances in the past when prior administrations -- both Democratic and Republican, and motivated by the same goals -- discussed alternative paths to service for qualified individuals also considering campaigns for public office," the report read. "Such discussions are fully consistent with the relevant law and ethical requirements."

The report comes one day after President Obama insisted "nothing improper" happened with Sestak. On that same day, Obama had lunch with Clinton.

"This is punishable by prison. This is a felony," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who has been leading the charge for more details on the allegation.

"This is about the White House. This is not about Congressman Sestak," Issa said, adding that he wants to know what Clinton was empowered to say. "They've answered a question and it begs many more answers," he said. "We want elections not to be appointments."

Critics say the Sestak job offer may have violated the part of the U.S. code that says: "Whoever, directly or indirectly, promises any employment, position, compensation...appointment...provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress...to any person as consideration, favor, or reward for any political activity...or in connection with any primary election ...shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both."

Fox News' Major Garrett and Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
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Foxrac said:
so are Republicans too. :aw:
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Straight up! Both parties are, too. If you want things to be different, VOTE LIBERTARIAN! Everything that has happened in the last 5 years, I have foreseen with underground financial research. I'm not surprised that you got what you voted for. My conscience is clear...
 
deafdrummer said:
Straight up! Both parties are, too. If you want things to be different, VOTE LIBERTARIAN! Everything that has happened in the last 5 years, I have foreseen with underground financial research. I'm not surprised that you got what you voted for. My conscience is clear...
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Libertarian Party sounds good because of support gay rights, abortion, stem cell research and end of drug wars.

Unfortunately, they against socialism, depends on person and my views are left-libertarian.
 
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That's why I am so sick of both of the Major Parties, they both need to be gone. Permanently.

Vote Ron Paul 2012.

Yiz
 
yizuman said:
That's why I am so sick of both of the Major Parties, they both need to be gone. Permanently.

Vote Ron Paul 2012.

Yiz
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Ron Paul is republican so no way.
 
Bill is just still upset that he almost got impreached himself and his wife, what's her name, did not get elected. So he is now giving us a reason for impreaching Obama. Guess who will run against Obama in 2012.....what's her name!!!
 
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rolling7 said:
Bill is just still upset that he almost got impreached himself and his wife, what's her name, did not get elected. So he is now giving us a reason for impreaching Obama. Guess who will run against Obama in 2012.....what's her name!!!
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You be rollin' on a roll today, rolling sevens. What's up with all the rolling on Obama?
 
Foxrac said:
Ron Paul is republican so no way.
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He's not so much a Repub because of the unfairness of the 2 party system, he didn't really have much of a choice if he wants to get elected. He's actually more of a Libertarian. But he'll use the Repub if that will help him get elected.

First thing he will do if elected is yank the military out of Iraq and Pakistan immediately. We've done enough as it is over there and it's time for them to come home. Obama did promise to do that, but failed to deliver.

Yiz
 
yizuman said:
He's not so much a Repub because of the unfairness of the 2 party system, he didn't really have much of a choice if he wants to get elected. He's actually more of a Libertarian. But he'll use the Repub if that will help him get elected.

First thing he will do if elected is yank the military out of Iraq and Pakistan immediately. We've done enough as it is over there and it's time for them to come home. Obama did promise to do that, but failed to deliver.

Yiz
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The troopers in Iraq will be not out until 2011, that what Obama promised, is it right?
 
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