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Gingrich Cites Clinton Foundation in Need to Probe Foreign Influence-Buying

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By Andrea Billups - Thursday, 26, Feb 2015

Newt Gingrich is urging a congressional investigation into U.S. influence-buying by Islamist and other foreign government interests in the Middle East.

Noting increasing investment by foreign government and regimes, Gingrich, writing on his website, wants Congress to take a hard look into where money is coming from and what he views as a conflict of interest taking place under the radar in the U.S.

"Congress has an obligation to establish how big the problem is and to consider new laws to protect American politics and government from being undermined and distorted by foreign opponents buying their way into positions of influence," Gingrich wrote in on Wednesday.
The former House speaker and Republican p**********l candidate, now 71, will outline his concerns in a Friday speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Gingrich cited foreign funding collected by the Clinton Foundation as one example of what he fears is influence-peddling under the guise of interest support. He noted a Wall Street Journal analysis of the foundation that found donations from the United Arab Emirates between $1-5 million last year and funds sent from Saudi Arabia totaling between $10-25 million since 1999.

But Gingrich also turned an eye on U.S. think tanks and universities that he says also continue to "take money from the very countries they are supposedly studying." Added Gingrich of the practice: "So-called scholars show up on television without informing the audience of how much they are making from the countries they are analyzing."

While he noted, that not all such gifts are "inappropriate or dangerous," he added that "the degree to which foreign donors – many ideologically opposed to Western values and civilization – are funding our leading academic and intellectual institutions merits much greater scrutiny and recognition than it has received." Gingrich also warned of intensified lobbying efforts by foreign governments in Washington with "policy makers who rely on think tanks are often unaware of the role of foreign governments in funding the research."

He warned against Islamist expansion under the radar and the sophistication of foreign governments peddling influence by way of getting a foot under the door without causing notice.

He cited Andrew McCarthy's book " The Grand Jihad" in noting that "cultural and political jihad can be as effective as violent jihad because they are harder to oppose and even to detect."

Added Gingrich of his concerns: "While Americans have been focused on ISIS and other foreign centers of horrifying violence, people who would, if they had the chance, replace Western civilization with submission to Islam have been working on many other fronts. It is evident that one of those fronts has been funding sympathy at our elite institutions."

mtman2

Hopefully WE take the WH in 2016, and Newt would be a wise part of the the installed administrations cabinet ~!

cSc61 Loc: Austin

Newt had better be careful or he'll find himself ingesting one of those Brietbart cocktails and dying of natural causes in the comfort of his own home.

grumbledog

Are you kidding Newt is full of BS and just trying to make him relevant again he looked foolish last time he ran and now is just trying get some headlines , nobody in their right mind would choose him for a cabinet position.

Besides that you not going to have to worry about that because you would be looking at the WH until maybe 2024

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

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I hope you're wrong about the "WH"...

It's either be "The Red House" or "The ISIS Tent!"...

The good news for me I'll be dead, so f**k off... Don D.

grumbledog

Well Don all good fun must end, but Iam sure there will another person like you posting the same old senseless crap.

I just wondering how you plan on taking back the White House Obama won't be at the end of his term, the economy will continue to improve, unemployment will be down, ISIS wil be on the run because of the coalition that Obsma has been able to put together(including middle eastern Muslin countries). What will you republicans be offering back to the GWB era policies, putting American soldiers on the ground to die, more tax breaks for the rich

You are probably right you will be dead by the time a republican gets in the White House again

Don G. Dinsdale Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)

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I hope not but maybe... Out of my hands, me and God... Don D.

cSc61 Loc: Austin

This is all just a regurgitation of the evening news. You are an obvious s***e to mainstream media.

Only the MSM continues to spew these lies in the hopes it will one day become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Every honest indicator shows the exact opposite is true. The economy is not getting better, inflation is worsening, and unemployment is near 22% when calculated correctly. What is changing is the way government agencies manipulate the numbers.

But the misleading math is still not enough. After reports go out on how rosy everything looks, the government "adjusts" its figures - and always to the downside. But these new figures are rarely if ever reported after the fact.

Labor participation rate in the US is the lowest it's been in recent memory -- down in the low 60 percentile range. And yet some how by magic unemployment is decreasing.

Prices at grocery stores are steadily climbing while simultaneously the packages are getting smaller. And yet, our t***hful government tells us how inflation is down around a very manageable 2%. The trick? Take food out of the basket of items the government uses to calculate inflation and, wa-la, inflation stays low.

Grumbledog's post proves the deception is still working on the majority of Americans.

grumbledog

Where are you living, I know in a bubble created by the GOP.

where were we 7 years ago.
2008-December 2014-December
Unemployment

U3-7.3% U3-% 5.6

U6-13.6% U6-11.2%

Workforce size- 154,655,000 156,129,000

# of people working 143,338.000 141,483,000

Jobs lose or created -524,000 +147,000

All these number are calculated the same way they were under GWB, nothing has changed.

Now if you want to admit that GWB was cooking the books go ahead

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons

grumbledog

O also love the fact that for years you guys have been screaming about the unemployment rate but now that it's down you switch to Labor participation not mentioning once that the Baby Boomer are reaching retirement age. Last estimate I saw was about 10,000 a day

your figure of 22% is just plain BS

grumbledog

What does it matter how much money foreign governments give to the Clinton Foundation. Have you looked at what the foundation does with all that money
We convene businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for women and girls, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity and growth, and help communities address the effects of c*****e c****e.

[quote=grumbledog]https://www.clintonfoundation.org/

cSc61 Loc: Austin

They ALL cook the books - every one of them. Have been since the Johnson administration and maybe even earlier. LBJ used to send the reports back an infinite amount of times telling them to recalculate the numbers until they read how he wanted. Come on, seriously?! Aren't you a little old to still believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy? The economy is in a terrible state! I'm sorry if that makes you choke on Obama's bath water but the entire economic system is being propped up with tricks and manipulation and is most certainly due to crash hard before the next e******n. Believe what you will friend, but expect to be called out on it when you shill for the current administration. By the way, I am no fan of the Bush's so conjuring up GWB to somehow make the current POTUS look like the savior of the world isn't going to work on me.

grumbledog

Lots of talk and no proof so typical of so many GOPTPer on here, but hey the chicken little "the sky is falling" approach is always a popular one on here