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Hunter Biden, the son of presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden, admitted in an interview on ABC News Good Morning America that he exercised poor judgment in working on the board of a Ukrainian energy companymdash;but said he did nothing improper in doing so. His role on the board of Burisma spurred President Donald Trump to ask Ukraine s president ina now-infa stanley cups mous July 25 callto investigate the Bidens for corruption and to tell reporters earlier this month that both Ukraine and China should look into the Bidens. The president s Ukraine call led the U.S. House to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against Mr. Trump.Biden told ABC News that he has no regrets about joining the board of Burisma, but what I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and a president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea. The president, whose children stanley vaso have business dealings in other countries, continues to make baseless claims that Hunter Biden s work amounted to corruption, citing the fact that Joe Biden was vice president at the time and working on diplomatic efforts in Ukraine. Biden, who recently announced that he will step down from the board of a Chinese private equity firm, said he only had a brief exchange with his father about his role in Ukraine. I gave a hook to stanley website some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father, Biden Aycl With Obama up in new polls, Romney heads to Ohio
The Senate began debate Wednesday on John Bolton s nomination to be United Nations ambassador, and Republicans say they are confident he will be confirmed before lawmakers leave Washington for the Memorial Day weekend.A Senate vote on Bolton s nomination would end weeks of wrangling over whether Bolton mistreated co-workers or took liberties with government intelligence.Republicans believe they will prevail in a chamber they control 55-44, with a Democratic-leaning independent. Democrats, meanwhile, say they have not ruled out a procedural tactic to postpone a vote, but several say it is unlikely. There is no desire for a filibuster, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said Tuesday.Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, the maverick Republican who denied President Bush s U.N. nominee a smooth sail through the GOP-led Senate, asked colleagues Tuesday to vote against a controversial and ineffective ambassador. In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to stanley mugs put at risk our nation s ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror with a controversial and ineffective ambassador to the United Nations, Voinovich wrote to all 99 other senators. I worry that Mr. Bolton could make it more difficult for us to achieve the important U.N. reforms n stanley kubek eeded to restore the strength of the institution. Voinovich first forced a delay in Bolton s confirmatio stanley water jug n last month and then brokered an unusual compromise that sent Bolton s nomination to the full Senate
Hunter Biden, the son of presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden, admitted in an interview on ABC News Good Morning America that he exercised poor judgment in working on the board of a Ukrainian energy companymdash;but said he did nothing improper in doing so. His role on the board of Burisma spurred President Donald Trump to ask Ukraine s president ina now-infa stanley cups mous July 25 callto investigate the Bidens for corruption and to tell reporters earlier this month that both Ukraine and China should look into the Bidens. The president s Ukraine call led the U.S. House to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against Mr. Trump.Biden told ABC News that he has no regrets about joining the board of Burisma, but what I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and a president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea. The president, whose children stanley vaso have business dealings in other countries, continues to make baseless claims that Hunter Biden s work amounted to corruption, citing the fact that Joe Biden was vice president at the time and working on diplomatic efforts in Ukraine. Biden, who recently announced that he will step down from the board of a Chinese private equity firm, said he only had a brief exchange with his father about his role in Ukraine. I gave a hook to stanley website some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father, Biden Aycl With Obama up in new polls, Romney heads to Ohio
The Senate began debate Wednesday on John Bolton s nomination to be United Nations ambassador, and Republicans say they are confident he will be confirmed before lawmakers leave Washington for the Memorial Day weekend.A Senate vote on Bolton s nomination would end weeks of wrangling over whether Bolton mistreated co-workers or took liberties with government intelligence.Republicans believe they will prevail in a chamber they control 55-44, with a Democratic-leaning independent. Democrats, meanwhile, say they have not ruled out a procedural tactic to postpone a vote, but several say it is unlikely. There is no desire for a filibuster, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said Tuesday.Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio, the maverick Republican who denied President Bush s U.N. nominee a smooth sail through the GOP-led Senate, asked colleagues Tuesday to vote against a controversial and ineffective ambassador. In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to stanley mugs put at risk our nation s ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror with a controversial and ineffective ambassador to the United Nations, Voinovich wrote to all 99 other senators. I worry that Mr. Bolton could make it more difficult for us to achieve the important U.N. reforms n stanley kubek eeded to restore the strength of the institution. Voinovich first forced a delay in Bolton s confirmatio stanley water jug n last month and then brokered an unusual compromise that sent Bolton s nomination to the full Senate